How to check if only chosen characters are in a string?
What's the best and easiest way to check if a string only contains the following characters:
abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyzABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZ0123456789_
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I want like an example like this pseudo-code:
//If String contains other characters
else
//if string contains only those letters
Please and thanks :)
if (string.matches("^[a-zA-Z0-9_]+$")) {
// contains only listed chars
} else {
// contains other chars
}
For that particular class of String use the regular expression "\w+".
Pattern p = Pattern.compile("\\w+");
Matcher m = Pattern.matcher(str);
if(m.matches()) {}
else {};
Note that I use the Pattern object to compile the regex once so that it never has to be compiled again which may be nice if you are doing this check in a-lot or in a loop. As per the java docs...
If a pattern is to be used multiple times, compiling it once and reusing it will be more efficient than invoking this method each time.
My turn:
static final Pattern bad = Pattern.compile("\\W|^$");
//...
if (bad.matcher(suspect).find()) {
// String contains other characters
} else {
// string contains only those letters
}
Above searches for single not matching or empty string.
And according to JavaDoc for Pattern:
\w A word character: [a-zA-Z_0-9]
\W A non-word character: [^\w]
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