how do i remove slected item from jtextarea?

Question

this is my code i replaced selected string with empty string but i want to delete selected item please can anyone help?
private class Listener2 implements ActionListener {
@Override
public void actionPerformed(ActionEvent ae) {
string=area.getSelectedText();
if(string!=" "){
area.replaceSelection(" ");
}else{
JOptionPane.showMessageDialog(null,"Select something");
}

}
}

Answer 1

You could also use area.setText(null); but it is equivalent to area.setText("");