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syntax of contains method in java

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by sankar_2209 Sep 22, 2002 last reply Nov 20, 2002

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Could any one please tell me the syntax of contains method for pattern matching in strings
in java?

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Usually, I use the indexOf method and see if it returns -1 or not.

String a="string";
int i = a.indexOf("substring");
if(i==-1){
//a does not contain substring
}
else{
//i is first pos from which substring starts
}

In JDK 1.4 there is java.util.regexp for more advanced pattern matching. The Jakarta ORO package has some interesting stuff, also.

greetings, Geert.

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