Java String Starts Wtih startsWithVowel(String value)

Description

Check to see if the string starts with a vowel.

License

Open Source License

Parameter

Parameter	Description
value	String to check

Return

true if value starts with a, e, i, o, or u (but not sometimes y). Check is case insensitive.

Declaration

public static boolean startsWithVowel(String value) 

Method Source Code

//package com.java2s;

public class Main {
    /**/*from   w  ww .j  a  v a 2  s. c om*/
     * Check to see if the string starts with a vowel.
     *
     * @param value String to check
     * @return true if value starts with a, e, i, o, or u (but not sometimes y).
     *         Check is case insensitive.
     */
    public static boolean startsWithVowel(String value) {
        if ((value == null) || value.equals("")) {
            return false;
        }
        char lower = Character.toLowerCase(value.charAt(0));
        return (lower == 'a') || (lower == 'e') || (lower == 'i')
                || (lower == 'o') || (lower == 'u');
    }
}

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1. startsWithUppercase(String str)
2. startsWithUpperCase(String text)
3. startsWithURIScheme(String arg)
4. startsWithVowel(String string)
5. startsWithVowel(String text)
6. startsWithVowel(String word)
7. startsWithWeight(String s1, String s2)
8. startsWithWhitespace(final CharSequence charSeq)
9. startsWithWhitespace(String s)