I have two strings like so:
String a = "on matt to";
String b = "onomatopoeia";I've been trying to do...
if (a.contains(b)) return true;It returns true in this case since the character sequence "mat" matches the "onomatopoeia".
I want it to return true only and only if the whole word onomatopoeia is in the String a followed or preceded by however many chars.
Can anyone help me?
You were already advised in your other thread about this to look at regex. I don't see any regex or mention of it here.
I wasn't able to figure it out.
I did some research and was under the impression if you put \s*stringContainingOnomatopoeia*\s then that would work so I tried it with a.matches(\s*stringContainingOnomatopoeia*\s) but that returned loads of errors. Even tried to do a.matches("\s*" + stringContainingOnomatopoeia + "*\s") and that still returned quite a few errors.
I have a feeling I just cant get the syntax right
> It returns true in this case since the character sequence "mat" matches the "onomatopoeia".
Really? Have you tried running the example you posted? If yes, post a working code which proves your point.
> I want it to return true only and only if the whole word onomatopoeia is in the String a followed or preceded by however many chars.
That's exactly how contains() works. http://ideone.com/LflVb
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