startsWith(String)

[WillisTi]

Hi,

I want to write a program so i can input a string followed by a single character and then test whether that string starts with that character.

Would i use the startsWith(String) method and if so how?

Thanks

[skyt]

import java.io.*;

public class TestString {

public static void main (String args[]) throws IOException {

InputStreamReader isr = new InputStreamReader(System.in);
BufferedReader in = new BufferedReader(isr);
System.out.print("Word: ");
System.out.flush();
String input= in.readLine();
System.out.print("Character: ");
System.out.flush();
char c = (in.readLine()).charAt(0);
boolean ch = startsWith(input,c);
if(ch) System.out.println("match");
else System.out.println("no match");
}

static boolean startsWith(String s, char x) {

boolean check = false;

if(s.charAt(0) == x) check = true;

return check;
}
}

[WillisTi]

Hi,

Thanks for your help.

I have done it now anyway.

public class Strings4_3b
{

public static void main (String[] args)
{
   String string1, string2;
   
System.out.print("Please Enter First String: ");
string1 = EasyIn.getString();
System.out.print("Please Enter Single Character: ");
string2 = EasyIn.getString();

while((string2.length() != 1))
{
    System.out.print("Please input one character only");
    string2 = EasyIn.getString();
}

if(string1.startsWith(string2)) 
{
 System.out.println("The String starts with that character");
}
else 
{
System.out.println("The String does not start with that character");
}

   }
}