Remove first word from a string in Java

Question

What\'s the best way to remove the first word from a string in Java?

If I have

String originalString = \"This is a string\";

I want to r

Answer 1

You can check where is the first space character and seperate string.

String full = "Sample Text";
String cut;
int pointToCut = full.indexOf( ' ');

if ( offset > -1)
{
  cut = full.substring( space + 1);
}