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| From | Andreas Leitgeb <avl@gamma.logic.tuwien.ac.at> |
| Subject | Re: Confusion about String.matches method |
| References | <baaf3c9c-b3be-4d14-a5de-2149617640b2@k17g2000vbn.googlegroups.com> <slrniua9ad.phi.avl@gamma.logic.tuwien.ac.at> <50016a00-9422-46d4-8278-619fedafff55@c41g2000yqm.googlegroups.com> |
| Message-ID | <slrniuan8k.phi.avl@gamma.logic.tuwien.ac.at> (permalink) |
| Date | 2011-05-31 21:26 +0000 |
laredotornado <laredotornado@zipmail.com> wrote:
>> > String regEx = "^Starting at \\$32,000*$";
>> String regEx = "^Starting at \\$32,000\\*$";
>
> Is there a way I can match an arbitrary string without having to
> escape everything?
Yes:
String text = "Starting at $32,000*";
...
if ("Starting at $32,000*".equals(text)) {
// ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^-no special escapes needed here ;-)
}
If all you want is an exact match, then regexes are nothing but a
nuissance for *that* task.
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Re: Confusion about String.matches method laredotornado <laredotornado@zipmail.com> - 2011-06-01 07:10 -0700
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Re: Confusion about String.matches method Esmond Pitt <esmond.pitt@bigpond.com> - 2011-06-06 20:18 +1000
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Re: Confusion about String.matches method Joshua Cranmer <Pidgeot18@verizon.invalid> - 2011-06-01 11:17 -0400
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