/*
* David Lin
* West Chester East High School
* Intermediate 5
* 2/11/2011
* ACSL Search
*/
import
java.util.Scanner;
import
java.util.regex.*;
public class acsl
{
public static void main(String[] args) {
Scanner reader = new Scanner(System.in);
String[] input = new String[4];
Boolean found = false;
String search;
String output = "";
print("Enter your 4 items to be
searched on separate lines:");
for (int i = 0; i < 4; i++) {
input[i] = reader.nextLine();
}
for (int a = 0; a < 5; a++) {
// reset variables
output = "";
found = false;
// input search term
System.out.print("Enter
search term number " + (a+1) + ": ");
search = reader.nextLine();
// convert commands to regex
characters
search =
search.replaceAll("\\?", "\\.");
search =
search.replaceAll("\\*", "\\.*");
// check each of the 4 strings
for a match
for (int z = 0; z < 4; z++)
{
Pattern searchterm =
Pattern.compile(search);
Matcher inputterm =
searchterm.matcher(input[z]);
boolean bool =
inputterm.matches();
if (bool) {
// add matched
string to output string
output = output +
input[z] + " ";
found = true;
}
}
if (found) {
print(output);
} else {
print("No
match");
}
}
}
public static void print(String input) {
System.out.println(input);
}
}