Java: Extract the first half of a string of even length

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Extract First Half

Write a Java program to extract the first half of a even string.

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Sample Solution:

Java Code:

import java.lang.*;

public class Exercise69 {
    public static void main(String[] args) {
        // Define the main string
        String main_string = "Python";

        // Extract the substring from the beginning to the middle of the string
        String substring = main_string.substring(0, main_string.length() / 2);

        // Print the extracted substring
        System.out.println(substring);
    }
}

Sample Output:

Pyt

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For more Practice: Solve these Related Problems:

• Modify the program to extract the second half of the string.
• Write a program to extract the middle character(s) of a string.
• Modify the program to extract the first quarter of the string.
• Write a program to extract the first half of each word in a sentence.

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