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BreakIterator last() method in Java with Examples

The last() method of java.text.BreakIterator class is used to get the index of the last boundary. It always return the offset of the last character of last boundary.

Syntax:

public abstract int last()

Parameter: This method does not accept any parameter.

Return Value: This method provides the index of the last boundary.

Below are the examples to illustrate the last() method:

Example 1:




// Java program to demonstrate last() method
  
import java.text.*;
import java.util.*;
import java.io.*;
  
public class GFG {
    public static void main(String[] argv)
    {
        // creating and initializing BreakIterator
        BreakIterator wb
            = BreakIterator.getWordInstance();
  
        // setting text for BreakIterator
        wb.setText("Code  Geeks");
  
        // getting the index of last text boundary
        int last = wb.last();
  
        // display the result
        System.out.println("last boundary : " + last);
    }
}


Output:

last boundary : 11

Example 2:




// Java program to demonstrate last() method
  
import java.text.*;
import java.util.*;
import java.io.*;
  
public class GFG {
    public static void main(String[] argv)
    {
        // creating and initializing BreakIterator
        BreakIterator wb
            = BreakIterator.getWordInstance();
  
        // setting text for BreakIterator
        wb.setText("GeeksForGeeks");
  
        // getting the index of last text boundary
        int last = wb.last();
  
        // display the result
        System.out.println("last boundary : " + last);
    }
}


Output:

last boundary : 13

Reference: https://docs.oracle.com/javase/9/docs/api/java/text/BreakIterator.html#last–

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