Question

How to check if a string start and end with a specific characters using matches() in Java

Answer 1

package javaapplication1;

public class JavaApplication1 {

    public static void main(String[] args) {

        try {

            String s = "programming";

            boolean b = s.matches("p.*g");
            if (b) {
                System.out.println("match");
            } else {
                System.out.println("not match");
            }

            b = s.matches("p.*n");
            if (b) {
                System.out.println("match");
            } else {
                System.out.println("not match");
            }

        } catch (Exception e) {
            System.out.print(e.toString());
        }
    }
}

/*
             
run:
       
match
not match
    
 */

 

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