Java StringBuilder setLength() method example

public void setLength(int newLength)

The setLength(int newLength) method returns void.

Requires Java 1.5 and up

Below is a java code demonstrates the use of setLength(int newLength) method of StringBuilder class. The example presented might be simple however it shows the behavior of the setLength() method.

package com.javatutorialhq.java.examples;

/*
 * A java example source code to demonstrate
 * the use of setLength() method of StringBuilder class
 */

public class StringBuilderSetLengthExample {

	public static void main(String[] args) {

		// initialize the StringBuilder object
		StringBuilder sb = new StringBuilder("java-tutorial");
		System.out.println("Length of StringBuilder:" + sb.length());
		System.out.println("Contents of StringBuilder:" + sb);

		// set the length of the buffer to 5
		sb.setLength(5);

		// checking the length and contents after setting the length
		System.out.println("New Length of StringBuilder:" + sb.length());
		System.out.println("New Contents of StringBuilder:" + sb);
	}
}

The java example source code above, demonstrates the use of setCharAt(int index,char ch) method of StringBuilder class. Initially the code assigns a string “java-tutorial” as initial contents of the StringBuilder. The length of the string is 13. Then we have set the length of the StringBuilder to be 5. The code displays the new length and contents of the StringBuilder object. You would noticed that upon setting the length to a shorter value than the contents of the StringBuilder, the contents will be truncated.

It would be interesting to note that if we set the length of the StringBuilder to the higher value than the current length, blank spaces will be appended.

Below is the sample output when you run the above example.

• Java StringBuilder Class Tutorial
• Java Tutorial

• Oracle Java Documentation