public class SubStringDemo{
 
public static void main(String args[]) {
 
// 1st example: You can use substring() method to remove first
// and the last character from String in Java.
 
String text = "iMac";
String withoutFirstCharacter = text.substring(1); // index starts at zero
String withoutLastCharacter = text.substring(0, text.length() - 1);
 
System.out.println("Using SubString() method: ");
System.out.println("input string: " + text);
System.out.println("without first character: " + withoutFirstCharacter);
System.out.println("without last character: " + withoutLastCharacter);
 
 
// 2nd Example - You can use StringBuffer or StringBuilder to remove
// first or last character from String in Java
String iStore = "iCloud";
 
// converting String to StringBuilder
StringBuilder builder = new StringBuilder(iStore); 
 
// removing first character
builder.deleteCharAt(0);
 
System.out.println("Using StringBuilder deleteCharAt() method: ");
System.out.println("input string: " + iStore);
System.out.println("String after removing first character: " 
                    + builder.toString());
 
// creating another StringBuilder
builder = new StringBuilder(iStore);
 
// removing last character from String
builder.deleteCharAt(iStore.length() - 1);
System.out.println("String after removing last character: " 
   + builder.toString());
}
 
}

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