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

String line = "deltaasm:/u01/app/oracle/product/11.2.0/dbhome_1:N        # line addred by agent";

    String rep = "deltaasm:";
    String after = "";

    String pre = ":N";
    String aft = "";
    String result = line.replaceAll(rep, after);
    String finalresult = result.replaceAll(pre, aft);
    System.out.println("Result***************" + finalresult);

    String str = "deltaasm:/u01/app/oracle/product/11.2.0/dbhome_1:N        # line addred by agent";

    String newStr = str.substring(0, str.indexOf("#"));
    System.out.println("======" + newStr);