Check if a String starts with any of the given prefixes in Java

Given a String and an array of prefixes. The task is to check whether the given String starts with any of the given prefixes or not. Example:

Input: String = "GeeksforGeeks", Prefixes = {"Geeks", "for", "Gfor"} Output: true Input: String = "GeeksforGeeks", Prefixes = {"Freaks", "for", "Freak"} Output: false

Below are the following approaches that can be used to complete the given task:

1. Naive Approach: This method involves the checking the String for each of the prefix array element explicitly. Algorithm:
   1. Get the string and the prefixes to be matched with.
   2. Using loop, iterate through the prefixes and check whether the string starts with the respective prefix. This is done with the help of String.startsWith() method.
   3. If any prefix is matched, then return true else return false.
   Program 1: Java

   class PrefixSearch {
       public static void main(String[] args)
       {
           // Array of prefixes
           String[] arr = { "Geeks", "for", "Gfor" };
   
           // Given string
           String str = "GeeksforGeeks";
   
           boolean result = false;
   
           // Check for each prefix element
           for (int i = 0; i < 3; i++) {
               if (str.startsWith(arr[i])) {
                   result = true;
                   break;
               }
           }
   
           if (result)
               System.out.println("Given String "
                                  + "starts with one of the prefixes.");
           else
               System.out.println("Given String do not "
                                  + "starts with one of the prefixes.");
       }
   }
   

   Output:

   Given String starts with one of the prefixes.
   

   Program 2: Java

   class PrefixSearch {
       public static void main(String[] args)
       {
           // Array of prefixes
           String[] arr = { "Freaks", "for", "Freak" };
   
           // Given string
           String str = "GeeksforGeeks";
   
           boolean result = false;
   
           // Check for each prefix element
           for (int i = 0; i < 3; i++) {
               if (str.startsWith(arr[i])) {
                   result = true;
                   break;
               }
           }
   
           if (result)
               System.out.println("Given String "
                                  + "starts with one of the prefixes.");
           else
               System.out.println("Given String do not "
                                  + "starts with one of the prefixes.");
       }
   }
   

   Output:

   Given String do not starts with one of the prefixes.
   

2. Using Regular expression: Algorithm:
   1. Get the string and the prefixes to be matched with.
   2. Form a Regular Expression to check if the string starts with any of the prefix. This can be done using String.matches() method.
   3. If any prefix is matched, then return true else return false.
   Program 1: Java

   class PrefixSearch {
       public static void main(String[] args)
       {
           // Array of prefixes
           String[] arr = { "Geeks", "for", "Gfor" };
   
           // Given String
           String str = "GeeksforGeeks";
   
           // Check for prefixes using Regex
           if (str.matches("(" + arr[0] + "|"
                           + arr[1] + "|"
                           + arr[2] + ").*"))
               System.out.println("Given String "
                                  + "starts with one of the prefixes.");
           else
               System.out.println("Given String do not "
                                  + "starts with one of the prefixes.");
       }
   }
   

   Output:

   Given String starts with one of the prefixes.
   

   Program 2: Java

   class PrefixSearch {
       public static void main(String[] args)
       {
           // Array of prefixes
           String[] arr = { "Freaks", "for", "Freak" };
   
           // Given String
           String str = "GeeksforGeeks";
   
           // Check for prefixes using Regex
           if (str.matches("(" + arr[0] + "|"
                           + arr[1] + "|"
                           + arr[2] + ").*"))
               System.out.println("Given String "
                                  + "starts with one of the prefixes.");
           else
               System.out.println("Given String do not "
                                  + "starts with one of the prefixes.");
       }
   }
   

   Output:

   Given String do not starts with one of the prefixes.
   

3. Using Java 8 Streams API: Algorithm:
   1. Get the string and the prefixes to be matched with.
   2. Convert the Prefixes into Stream using Stream.of()
   3. Check if any prefix matches using Predicate str::startsWith. This is done using Stream.anyMatch() method.
   4. If any prefix is matched, then return true else return false.
   Program 1: Java

   import java.util.stream.Stream;
   
   class PrefixSearch {
       public static void main(String[] args)
       {
           // Array of prefixes
           String[] arr = { "Geeks", "for", "Gfor" };
   
           // Given String
           String str = "GeeksforGeeks";
   
           // Convert the Prefixes into Stream using Stream.of()
           // and check if any prefix matches using Predicate
           // str::startsWith
           if (Stream.of(arr)
                   .anyMatch(str::startsWith))
               System.out.println("Given String "
                                  + "starts with one of the prefixes.");
           else
               System.out.println("Given String do not "
                                  + "starts with one of the prefixes.");
       }
   }
   

   Output:

   Given String starts with one of the prefixes.
   

   Program 2: Java

   import java.util.stream.Stream;
   
   class PrefixSearch {
       public static void main(String[] args)
       {
           // Array of prefixes
           String[] arr = { "Freaks", "for", "Freak" };
   
           // Given String
           String str = "GeeksforGeeks";
   
           // Convert the Prefixes into Stream using Stream.of()
           // and check if any prefix matches using Predicate
           // str::startsWith
           if (Stream.of(arr)
                   .anyMatch(str::startsWith))
               System.out.println("Given String "
                                  + "starts with one of the prefixes.");
           else
               System.out.println("Given String do not "
                                  + "starts with one of the prefixes.");
       }
   }
   

Output:

Given String do not starts with one of the prefixes.