Test whether the given string matches the given substring - Android java.lang

Android examples for java.lang:String Match

Description

Test whether the given string matches the given substring

Demo Code

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 * Copyright (C) 2012 Google Inc.
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 * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License"); you may not
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public class Main {
  /**
   * Test whether the given string matches the given substring
   * at the given index.
   * @param str the original string (or StringBuffer)
   * @param index the index in the original string to start matching against
   * @param substring the substring to match at the given index
   */
  public static boolean substringMatch(CharSequence str, int index,
          CharSequence substring) {
      for (int j = 0; j < substring.length(); j++) {
          int i = index + j;
          if (i >= str.length() || str.charAt(i) != substring.charAt(j)) {
              return false;
          }
      }
      return true;
  }
}

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