/** String objects */
public class TestString2 {
	public static void main(String[] args) {

		String text = "Mississippi";
		int midIndex = text.length()/2;
		System.out.println("middle char = " + text.charAt(midIndex));

		int startIndex = text.indexOf("i", 2);
		int endIndex = text.lastIndexOf('p') + 1;
		String subtext = text.substring(startIndex, endIndex);
		System.out.println(subtext);
		String newText = text.replace(subtext, "our");
		System.out.println("state 1 = " + text);
		System.out.println("state 2 = " + newText);


	}
}