hey,
Iv been looking around for an easy way to check if a string matches exactly and not just in a few characters I.E
B != "ABC"
B == B
Frederick != F
So only if the entire string matches will my condition be met. currently im using :
String[] splitstring = linetoscan.split("[ ]+");
//split entire input by spaces
for(int j=0;j<splitstring.length;j++)
{
if(splitstring[j].contains("F"))
{
System.out.println("match found");
}
}
I read that the pattern matcher can be used, but seems a lot of conversion has to be done to compare a string to a pattern of characters? is pattern matcher the most light weight way to achieve this goal?