Search a String Array in Java?

Question

How do I search a string array with start with keyword?

for example,

String[] str = { \"abcd\", \"abdc\", \"bcda\"};

when my search str

Answer 1

String[] strArray = {"abcd", "abdc", "bcda"};
for (String s : strArray)
    if (s.startsWith(searchTerm))
        System.out.println(s);

Swap startsWith for contains you wish to simply look for containment.

Answer 2

You should check this method:

http://java.sun.com/j2se/1.5.0/docs/api/java/lang/String.html#contains%28java.lang.CharSequence%29