Regular expressions - matching strings

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sconeek@gmail.com - 04 Apr 2006 06:19 GMT

hi all,
i am working on a java application. i have this table which contains
name fields and all of them start with a N-. so the table contains
records like N-TomSmith, N-PeterSay etc.
now from within my java class i am trying to read these records.
now the main bit, how should i specify my class to pick up all records
which start with N-.
am trying to read about reg expressions in the meantime. i hope
somebody can help me.
thanks.

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Knute Johnson - 04 Apr 2006 06:34 GMT

> hi all,
> i am working on a java application. i have this table which contains
[quoted text clipped - 6 lines]
> somebody can help me.
> thanks.

Have you split them into strings? If so you can check the first
characters with String.startsWith().

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Roedy Green - 04 Apr 2006 15:48 GMT

>i am working on a java application. i have this table which contains
>name fields and all of them start with a N-. so the table contains
[quoted text clipped - 4 lines]
>am trying to read about reg expressions in the meantime. i hope
>somebody can help me.

field.charAt(0) == 'N' && field.charAt(1) == '-'
or
field.startsWith( "N-" )

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