Java add chars to a string

Question

I have two strings in a java program, which I want to mix in a certain way to form two new strings. To do this I have to pick up some constituent chars from each string and add them to form the new strings. I have a code like this(this.eka and this.toka are the original strings):

String muutettu1 = new String();
String muutettu2 = new String();
muutettu1 += this.toka.charAt(0) + this.toka.charAt(1) + this.eka.substring(2);
muutettu2 += this.eka.charAt(0) + this.eka.charAt(1) + this.toka.substring(2);
System.out.println(muutettu1 + " " + muutettu2);

I'm getting numbers for the .charAt(x) parts, so how do I convert the chars to string?

Answer 1

The obvious conversion method is Character.toString.

A better solution is:

String muutettu1 = toka.substring(0,2) + eka.substring(2);
String muutettu2 = eka.substring(0,2) + toka.substring(2);

You should create a method for this operation as it is redundant.

The string object instatiantiation new String() is unnecessary. When you append something to an empty string the result will be the appended content.

Answer 2

Just use always use substring() instead of charAt()

muutettu1 += toka.substring(0,1) + toka.substring(1,2) + eka.substring(2);
muutettu2 += eka.substring(0,1) + eka.substring(1,2) + toka.substring(2);

e.g. when the position arent isn't fixed values but variables do

muutettu1 += toka.substring(x,x+1) + toka.substring(y,y+1) + eka.substring(z);
muutettu2 += eka.substring(x,x+1) + eka.substring(y,y+1) + toka.substring(z);

where x,y,z are the variables holding the positions from where to extract

Answer 3

StringBuilder builder = new StringBuilder();
builder
   .append(this.toka.charAt(0))
   .append(this.toka.charAt(1))
   .append(this.toka.charAt(2))
   .append(' ')  
   .append(this.eka.charAt(0))
   .append(this.eka.charAt(1))
   .append(this.eka.charAt(2));
System.out.println (builder.toString());