Java substring: 'string index out of range'

Question

I\'m guessing I\'m getting this error because the string is trying to substring a null value. But wouldn\'t the \".length() > 0\" part eliminate

Answer 1

It is a pity that substring is not implemented in a way that handles short strings – like in other languages e.g. Python.

Ok, we cannot change that and have to consider this edge case every time we use substr, instead of if-else clauses I would go for this shorter variant:

myText.substring(0, Math.min(6, myText.length()))