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Get files based on Pattern Matching Algorithm

 
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Hi All,

My problem is if in a directory structure I have 3 files e.g

ABC_1_1.jpg
ABC_1_2.jpg
ABC_2_1.jpg


Now If I want to know the number of files starting with ABC_1.

How should I do this.

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I feel sorry for asking the solution but beleive me I am not doing my homework, If someone provides me code I would be happy but even If someone provide guidence for this flow, I would be really happy.
 
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FileFilter or FilenameFilter
 
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Originally posted by Peter Chase:
FileFilter or FilenameFilter



Ok I got the point. I have coded in the following way



Thanks for the help.
 
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Bingo!

Regular expressions might be fun, too, if you think your patterns will get much more complex. Or overkill if not. Start here if you haven't used RegEx before.
 
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Originally posted by Stan James:
Bingo!

Regular expressions might be fun, too, if you think your patterns will get much more complex. Or overkill if not. Start here if you haven't used RegEx before.



Yeah,

But I don't know how to use Regular Expressions.

Could anyone give any example using Regular Expressions. Actually I also want to use regular expression in the code I have listed in my earlier post.

Thanks in advance
 
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For nearly any Java topic enter "Sun tutorial topic" in Google. That's how I found the Sun Regular Expression Tutorial I linked above.
 
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