if String a = "ahmad"; and String b = "ahmadkhan"; then, how to check that ahmad is present in ahmadkhan in start or in last. That is, how to check whether String a is there in String b ?
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possible duplicate of [Is the Contains Method in java.lang.String Case-sensitive?](http://stackoverflow.com/questions/86780/is-the-contains-method-in-java-lang-string-case-sensitive) – N J May 09 '15 at 17:43
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You can use startsWith and endsWith to check whether some string starts or ends with another one.
boolean containsString = b.startsWith(a) || b.endsWith(a);
if (containsString) {
// do something
}
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And what happens if a is in b, but b does not start and does not end with a. – Lajos Arpad May 09 '15 at 18:30
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@LajosArpad Original question (it has been edited now and some intent has been lost) asked how to check whether string `b` has string `a` at start or last (end). At least that is how I understood the question. It does not ask how to check if string `b` contains string `a` anywhere. – Dalija Prasnikar May 09 '15 at 19:05
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You can use contains
If String a = "ahmad"; and String b = "ahmadkhan"; , then you can check whether ahmad is present in ahmadkhan like
if(b.contains(a))
{
//do your code
}
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