Remove first and last character from a string

Question

I need to remove the first and last character from a variable String, tried to use substring for this, but is giving the following error:

String index out of range

And I’m not finding a way to do it, I’ve done it so far:

conteudoLote.replace("[", "(").replace("]",")").substring(1,(conteudoLote.length()-1))

Content of the variable:

((1,'SCAB17003066B','Suprimento com Defeito e com Resíduo','Lexmark International','60FBX00','Fraco',15),(1,'SCAB160632D9FRET','Vazio','Lexmark International','50FBX00',null,50), (1,'SCAB17003066B','Vazio','Lexmark International','60FBX00',null,null), (1,'SCAB1714435C2','Vazio','Lexmark International','50F0Z00',null,null))

Is there any way to remove the first and last character of a string?

Answer 1

public static String removePrimeiroEUltimo(String x) {
    if (x == null) return null;
    if (x.length() <= 2) return "";
    return x.substring(1, x.length() - 1);
}

Answer 2

Follows:

String myStr="[wdsd34svdf]";
System.out.println(myStr.substring(1, myStr.length()-1));

Source: https://stackoverflow.com/questions/8846173/how-to-remove-first-and-last-character-of-a-string

Answer 3

you can make a substring of the second character up to the penultimate, this way:

String stringCortada = stringOriginal.substring(1, stringOriginal.length()-1);