Java Examples - String region match

Problem Description:

How to match regions in strings ?

Solution:

Following example determines region matchs in two strings by using regionMatches() method.

public class StringRegionMatch{
   public static void main(String[] args){
      String first_str = "Welcome to Microsoft";
      String second_str = "I work with Microsoft";
      boolean match = first_str.
      regionMatches(11, second_str, 12, 9);
      System.out.println("first_str[11 -19] == "
      + "second_str[12 - 21]:-"+ match);
   }
}

Result:

The above code sample will produce the following result.

first_str[11 -19] == second_str[12 - 21]:-true