import java.io.*;
import java.text.*;

public class strings1
{
	public static void main(String [] args)
	{//lastname and firstname are string objects
		String lastname="Marchant"; 
		String firstname="Anne";

		int length=firstname.length();
		System.out.println(firstname+" is "+length
		+" characters long.");
		//returns the starting index of the substring
		int position=lastname.indexOf("ant");
		System.out.println("\"ant\" starts at position "+
		position+" in "+lastname+".");

	}


}