Delete everything after part of a string

Question

I have a string that is built out of three parts. The word I want the string to be (changes), a seperating part (doesn\'t change) and the last part which changes. I want to

Answer 1

I created Sample program for all the approches and SubString seems to be fastest one.

Using builder : 54
Using Split : 252
Using Substring  : 10

Below is the sample program code

            for (int count = 0; count < 1000; count++) {
        // For JIT
    }
    long start = System.nanoTime();
    //Builder
    StringBuilder builder = new StringBuilder(
            "Stack Overflow - A place to ask stuff");
    builder.delete(builder.indexOf("-"), builder.length());
    System.out.println("Using builder : " + (System.nanoTime() - start)
            / 1000);
    start = System.nanoTime();
    //Split
    String string = "Stack Overflow - A place to ask stuff";
    string.split("-");
    System.out.println("Using Split : " + (System.nanoTime() - start)
            / 1000);
    //SubString
    start = System.nanoTime();
    String string1 = "Stack Overflow - A place to ask stuff";
    string1.substring(0, string1.indexOf("-"));
    System.out.println("Using Substring : " + (System.nanoTime() - start)
            / 1000);
    return null;