Java Wildcard Match wildCardMatch(String text, String pattern)

Description

wild Card Match

License

Open Source License

Declaration

public static boolean wildCardMatch(String text, String pattern) 

Method Source Code

//package com.java2s;

public class Main {
    public static boolean wildCardMatch(String text, String pattern) {
        // Create the cards by splitting using a RegEx. If more speed 
        // is desired, a simpler character based splitting can be done.
        String[] cards = pattern.split("\\*");
        for (int i = 0; i < cards.length; i++) {
            System.out.println(cards[i]);
        }/*ww  w .  j  a  v a2 s . co  m*/
        // Iterate over the cards.
        for (String card : cards) {
            int idx = text.indexOf(card);
            // Card not detected in the text.
            if (idx == -1) {
                return false;
            }
            // Move ahead, towards the right of the text.
            text = text.substring(idx + card.length());
        }
        return true;
    }
}

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