Regular expressions - matching strings

[sconeek]

hi all,
i am working on a java application. i have this table which contains
name fields and all of them start with a N-. so the table contains
records like N-TomSmith, N-PeterSay etc.
now from within my java class i am trying to read these records.
now the main bit, how should i specify my class to pick up all records
which start with N-.
am trying to read about reg expressions in the meantime. i hope
somebody can help me.
thanks.

 

[Knute Johnson]

hi all,
i am working on a java application. i have this table which contains
name fields and all of them start with a N-. so the table contains
records like N-TomSmith, N-PeterSay etc.
now from within my java class i am trying to read these records.
now the main bit, how should i specify my class to pick up all records
which start with N-.
am trying to read about reg expressions in the meantime. i hope
somebody can help me.
thanks.

Have you split them into strings? If so you can check the first
characters with String.startsWith().

 

[Roedy Green]

i am working on a java application. i have this table which contains
name fields and all of them start with a N-. so the table contains
records like N-TomSmith, N-PeterSay etc.
now from within my java class i am trying to read these records.
now the main bit, how should i specify my class to pick up all records
which start with N-.
am trying to read about reg expressions in the meantime. i hope
somebody can help me.

field.charAt(0) == 'N' && field.charAt(1) == '-'
or
field.startsWith( "N-" )