regular expression regex to replace contains()

[jay vas]

Hi ... how can I replace multiple "contains" calls with a regex in java ?

i.e.

   if(s.contains("jay") && s.contains("vas"))
          System.out.println("this string looks like my name");
   else 
           // blah blah

Please let me know... I think this will be usefull for a lot of intermediate regex users...

[Jeanne Boyarsky]

Jay,
There might be a simpler way to do it, but this works:

s.matches(".*(jay.*vas)|(vas.*jay).*")

I think the contains approach is clearer though.

[jay vas]

There has to be a simpler way...

[Bear Bibeault]

Originally posted by jay vas:
There has to be a simpler way...

I agree with Jeanne that contains() will always be simpler than a regex.

[Ilja Preuss]

Originally posted by jay vas:
There has to be a simpler way...

How do you come to that conclusion?

[Jeanne Boyarsky]

My note about a simpler way was more that I didn't spend any time tuning the reg exp. I wrote the first thing I thought of that is equivalent. In practice, I would just use contains. There is no reason to believe the reg exp version would be more efficient anyway. So why sacrifice readability?