Java String Matches() Method

Description

This technique tells whether or not this string games the agreed regular look. A chant of this method of the appearance str.matches(regex) yields exactly the same result as the expression Pattern.matches(regex, str).

Syntax

Here is the syntax of this method:

public boolean matches(String regex)

Parameters

Here is the detail of parameters −

• regex − the regular expression to which this string is to be matched.

Return Value

• This method returns true if, and only if, this string matches the given regular expression.

Example

import java.io.*;
public class Test {

   public static void main(String args[]) {
      String Str = new String("Welcome to Intellinuts.com");

      System.out.print("Return Value :" );
      System.out.println(Str.matches("(.*)Tutorials(.*)"));

      System.out.print("Return Value :" );
      System.out.println(Str.matches("Tutorials"));

      System.out.print("Return Value :" );
      System.out.println(Str.matches("Welcome(.*)"));
   }
}

This will produce the following result:

Output

Return Value :true
Return Value :false
Return Value :true

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