What is the best way to extract the first word from a string in Java?

Question

Trying to write a short method so that I can parse a string and extract the first word. I have been looking for the best way to do this.

I assume I would use s

Answer 1

To simplify the above:

text.substring(0, text.indexOf(' ')); 

Here is a ready function:

private String getFirstWord(String text) {

  int index = text.indexOf(' ');

  if (index > -1) { // Check if there is more than one word.

    return text.substring(0, index).trim(); // Extract first word.

  } else {

    return text; // Text is the first word itself.
  }
}