// EXTRACTION OF STRING
import java.io.*;
import java.lang.String;
class list1
{
  public static void main(String args[])
    {
      try
  {
    BufferedReader in =new BufferedReader(new InputStreamReader(System.in));
    int a,b;
    System.out.println("ENTER THE STRING:");
    String s1=in.readLine();
    System.out.println("ENTER THE STARTING POSITION VALUE:");
    a=Integer.parseInt(in.readLine());
    System.out.println("ENTER THE ENDING POSITION VALUE:");
    b=Integer.parseInt(in.readLine());
    String s2=(s1.substring(a,b));
    System.out.println("YOUR CHARACTER STRING IS:" +s2);
        }
  catch(IOException e)
        {
    System.out.println("ERROR");
    System.exit(1);
  }
    }
}
OUTPUT:
D:\>cd D:\jdk1.8.0_111\bin
D:\jdk1.8.0_111\bin>javac list1.java
D:\jdk1.8.0_111\bin>java list1
ENTER THE STRING:
Senthilkumar
ENTER THE STARTING POSITION VALUE:
4
ENTER THE ENDING POSITION VALUE:
9
YOUR CHARACTER STRING IS:hilku