How to delete a string code example

Example 1: erasing a character from a string in c++

// string::erase
#include <iostream>
#include <string>

int main ()
{
  std::string str ("This is an example sentence.");
  std::cout << str << '\n';
                                           // "This is an example sentence."
  str.erase (10,8);                        //            ^^^^^^^^
  std::cout << str << '\n';
                                           // "This is an sentence."
  str.erase (str.begin()+9);               //           ^
  std::cout << str << '\n';
                                           // "This is a sentence."
  str.erase (str.begin()+5, str.end()-9);  //       ^^^^^
  std::cout << str << '\n';
                                           // "This sentence."
  return 0;
}

Example 2: how to remove letters from string

public extractLetters(String str){
	String result="";
	for(int i= 0; i< str.length; i++){
	    if(Character.isLetter(str.charAt(i))){
	    result+=str.charAt(i);
	  	}
	}