Java String contain function?

Question

Is it possible to test for multiple substrings in the following string using contains()?

"details.php?news=13&action=main&menu_type=&option=single&news_id=4792&pub_no=50"

For example, can I check for strcase="details.php", "news_id" to be checked at the same time using str.contains(strcase)?

I do not want to check like this: str.contains("details.php")&&str.contains("news_id"). because I want to check for both simultaneously: strcase="details.php ** news_id"

Like this statement :

str.replaceAll("\\<[^>]*>","");

can strip out tag "<?>".

jjnguy · Accepted Answer · 2009-07-20 19:30:01Z

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string.contains() does not match regular expressions, so you cannot use it like str.replace().

You could use string.matches() though, as it does accept regular expressions.

str.matches(".*details\\.php.*news_id.*");

*Disclaimer* I suck at regular expressions, but that should be close to what you want.

edited Jul 20, 2009 at 19:30

answered Jul 20, 2009 at 19:18

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2 Comments

Michael Myers Over a year ago

Yep, looks good to me, as long as "details" really has to be the first thing in the string. Otherwise, you'll need another .* in there.

Alan Moore Over a year ago

Just FYI, replace() doesn't use regexes either; it's replaceAll() you're thinking of.

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