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A Bunch of different methods to do with strings
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StringUtil
import java.util.List;
import java.util.Random;
import org.apache.commons.lang.StringUtils;
import org.bukkit.ChatColor;
/**
*
* @author Randy
*
*/
public class StringUtil {
public static class RandomChatColor {
/**
* @param chatColors
* - Only put things here if you want to choose from these
* colors
* @return the random color
*/
public static ChatColor getColor(ChatColor... chatColors) {
Random r = new Random();
ChatColor[] colors;
if (chatColors.length == 0)
colors = ChatColor.values();
else
colors = chatColors;
int i = r.nextInt(colors.length);
while (!colors[i].isColor())
i = r.nextInt(colors.length);
ChatColor rc = colors[i];
return rc;
}
/**
* @param chatColors
* - Only put things here if you want to choose from these
* formats
* @return the random format
*/
public static ChatColor getFormat(ChatColor... chatColors) {
Random r = new Random();
ChatColor[] colors;
if (chatColors.length == 0)
colors = ChatColor.values();
else
colors = chatColors;
int i = r.nextInt(colors.length);
while (!colors[i].isFormat())
i = r.nextInt(colors.length);
ChatColor rc = colors[i];
return rc;
}
}
/**
* @param string
* @return a string with color codes
*/
public static String addColor(String string) {
return ChatColor.translateAlternateColorCodes('&', string.replaceAll("&x", "&" + String.valueOf(RandomChatColor.getColor().getChar())).replaceAll("&y", "&" + String.valueOf(RandomChatColor.getFormat().getChar())));
}
/**
* Combine all the args and make a single string starting at the arg
*
* @param args
* @return
*/
public static String combineArgs(String[] args, int startAt) {
return combineArgs(args, startAt, args.length);
}
/**
* Combine all the args and make a single string starting at the startAt and ending at endAt
*
* @param args
* @param startAt
* @param endAt
* @return
*/
public static String combineArgs(String[] args, int startAt, int endAt) {
endAt++;
String[] arguments = new String[endAt - startAt];
for (int j = 0, i = startAt; i != endAt; i++, j++)
arguments[j] = args[i];
return StringUtils.join(arguments, " ");
}
/**
* @param string
* @return capitalize the first letter of every word, and make all other
* letters lower case
*/
public static String getCapitalized(String line) {
if (line.contains(" "))
{
String[] words = line.split(" ");
line = "";
for (String string : words)
{
string = string.toLowerCase();
line = line + string.replaceFirst(String.valueOf(string.charAt(0)), String.valueOf(string.charAt(0)).toUpperCase());
}
}
else
line = line.replaceFirst(String.valueOf(line.charAt(0)), String.valueOf(line.charAt(0)).toUpperCase());
return line;
}
/**
* Take a list and connect them as a string with commas between
*
* @param list
* @return
*/
public static String joinListWithComma(List<String> list) {
StringBuilder string = new StringBuilder();
int i = 0;
for (String s : list)
{
i++;
string.append(s);
if (i == list.size())
string.append(".");
else
string.append(", ");
}
return string.toString();
}
/**
*
* This method WAS NOT made by me...
* Every letter has a different color
*
* @param string
* @return
*/
public static String rainbowChatColor(String string) {
int lastColor = 0;
int currColor = 0;
String newMessage = "";
String colors = "123456789abcde";
for (int i = 0; i < string.length(); i++)
{
do
{
currColor = new Random().nextInt(colors.length() - 1) + 1;
} while (currColor == lastColor);
newMessage += ChatColor.RESET.toString() + ChatColor.getByChar(colors.charAt(currColor)) + "" + string.charAt(i);
}
return newMessage;
}
}
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