There's a way to put % (sql) in java. Like this “select first_name from employees where first_name like 'A%e'”

Question

I want to find if a string contains something like "Are" ,or "Ate", or "Aste", or "Anche" so something like string.contains("A%e"). The java way to express: select first_name from employees where first_name like 'A%e';
Thank you

Answer 1

Use a regular expression. For example:

"Aste".matches("A.*e")