The next() method of java.text.BreakIterator class is used to get the index of the nth next boundary from the current boundary(boundary retrieved by calling current() method). It provides the offset of the first character of boundary which follows or precedes the current boundary pointed by BreakIterator.
Syntax:
public abstract int next(int n)
Parameter: it takes n(number of boundaries to be skipped) as a parameter . if n is positive it will skip boundaries in forward direction else skip in the backward direction.
Return Value: This method provides the index of nth next boundary form the current boundary.
Below are the examples to illustrate the next() method:
Example 1:
// Java program to demonstrate next() method import java.text.*;import java.util.*;import java.io.*; public class GFG { public static void main(String[] argv) { // creating and initializing with zero int current = 0, next = 0; // creating and initializing BreakIterator BreakIterator wb = BreakIterator.getWordInstance(); // setting text for BreakIterator wb.setText("Code Geeks"); // getting the current text boundary current = wb.current(); // display the result System.out.println( "current position before" + " calling next() : " + current); // calling next method next = wb.next(2); // display the result System.out.println( "\ncurrent position after" + " calling 1st next() : " + next); // calling next method next = wb.next(-1); // display the result System.out.println( "\ncurrent position after" + " calling 2nd next() : " + next); }} |
Output:
current position before calling next() : 0 current position after calling 1st next() : 6 current position after calling 2nd next() : 4
Example 2:
// Java program to demonstrate next() method import java.text.*;import java.util.*;import java.io.*; public class GFG { public static void main(String[] argv) { // creating and initializing with zero int current = 0, next = 0; // creating and initializing BreakIterator BreakIterator wb = BreakIterator.getWordInstance(); // setting text for BreakIterator wb.setText("Code Geeks"); // getting the current text boundary current = wb.current(); // display the result System.out.println( "current position before" + " calling next() : " + current); // calling next method next = wb.next(1); // display the result System.out.println( "\ncurrent position after" + " calling 1st next() : " + next); // calling next method next = wb.next(2); // display the result System.out.println( "\ncurrent position after" + " calling 2nd next() : " + next); }} |
Output:
current position before calling next() : 0 current position after calling 1st next() : 4 current position after calling 2nd next() : 11
Reference: https://docs.oracle.com/javase/9/docs/api/java/text/BreakIterator.html#next-int-
