[Q#8192665][A#8192887] How to search for a string in an arraylist

https://stackoverflow.com/q/8192665

I want to search for a string in an arraylist. My ArrayList contains: Now I want to search for "bea" and it should return a list containing "bear" and "beat". How can I implement it?

Answer

https://stackoverflow.com/a/8192887

APIzation

List <String> list = new ArrayList();  
           list.add("behold"); 
           list.add("bend"); 
           list.add("bet"); 
           list.add("bear"); 
           list.add("beat"); 
           list.add("become"); 
           list.add("begin");

           List <String> listClone = new ArrayList<String>(); 
           for (String string : list) {
               if(string.matches("(?i)(bea).*")){
                   listClone.add(string);
               }
           }
        System.out.println(listClone);

package com.stackoverflow.api;

import java.util.ArrayList;
import java.util.List;

public class Human8192887 {

  public static List<String> search(List<String> list, String term) {
    List<String> listClone = new ArrayList<>();
    for (String string : list) {
      if (string.matches("(?i)(" + term + ").*")) {
        listClone.add(string);
      }
    }
    System.out.println(listClone);
    return listClone;
  }
}

package com.stackoverflow.api;

import java.util.ArrayList;
import java.util.List;

/**
 * How to search for a string in an arraylist
 *
 * @author APIzator
 * @see <a href="https://stackoverflow.com/a/8192887">https://stackoverflow.com/a/8192887</a>
 */
public class APIzator8192887 {

  public static List<String> search(List<String> list) throws Exception {
    List<String> listClone = new ArrayList<String>();
    for (String string : list) {
      if (string.matches("(?i)(bea).*")) {
        listClone.add(string);
      }
    }
    return listClone;
  }
}