java regex starts with

### java regular expressions tutorial: starts with

#### key classes

1. **pattern**: represents a compiled representation of a regular expression.
2. **matcher**: used to perform matching operations on an input string using the `pattern`.

#### basic syntax for "starts with"

to check if a string starts with a specific sequence, you can use the caret symbol (`^`). the caret indicates the start of a string in regex.

**example regex pattern**:
- to check if a string starts with "hello", you would use: `^hello`

### example: java code to check if a string starts with a specific sequence

here's a complete java program that demonstrates how to use regex to check if a string starts with a certain sequence.

### explanation of the code

2. **sample strings**: we define an array of strings (`teststrings`) that we want to test.

3. **prefix definition**: we define a string `prefix` that represents the sequence we want to check for at the start of each string.

5. **matching**: we loop through each string in `teststrings`, creating a `matcher` object for each string, and use the `find()` method to check if the string starts with the specified prefix.

6. **output**: based on the result of the `find()` method, we print whether the string starts with the specified prefix or not.

### output

when you run the above code, you will see output similar to this:

### conclusion

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