> is there a left function in java?
No.
> how ill i get only the first letter of a string?
Check the API documentation for String, and look for a method that will return what you want: either a substring (consisting of the first character of the string), or the char at the first position.
> hello guys,
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> is there a left function in java?how ill i
> get only the first letter of a string?
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> thank you.
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> killuasoft
Can you find the Javadocs (API documentation)? Here, let me find it for you:
http://java.sun.com/javase/6/docs/api/
Now, can you then find the String class documentation given that link, and see what is available?