How to search like LIKE operator in sql in arraylist in java [duplicate]

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how to search like LIKe operator in sql in hash map in java

Hi friends,

I am adding hashmap in arraylist. The hashmap values contain the company name. My requirment is that if the user types 'A' value, I have to display all the values starting with 'A' company name. If the user types '开发者_JAVA百科AB' value, I have to display all the values starting with 'AB'Company name. Can anybody tell me how to do this?

My code for adding the values:

ArrayList<HashMap<String, String>> companylist = new ArrayList<HashMap<String, String>>();

StockParser stockParser=new StockParser();
       stockparsedvalue=stockParser.parseXmlArticle(stockservicevalue);
       for(int i=0;i<stockparsedvalue.size();i++)
       {
          StockParserSet parserSet=(StockParserSet)stockparsedvalue.get(i); 
          mapValue=new HashMap<String, String>();                    

          mapValue.put("companyname"+i, parserSet.getCompanyname());
          companylist.add(mapValue);

       }

Thanks

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Iterate over list and look at each entry in the map to see if the value starts with what you are looking for. For example:

    final String prefix = "AB";
    for(HashMap<String,String> map : companylist){
        for(Entry<String,String> e: map.entrySet()){
            String companyName = e.getValue();
            if(companyName.startsWith(prefix)){
                System.out.println(companyName);
            }
        }
    }