[Heiland]

In python you could do something like:

someString= "2 + 3"
if "+" in someString:
do things
else:
do other things

what is the java equivalent to "in"?

[darek9576]

You have to loop through the string and use ==.
e.g

for(int i-0; i < someString.length; i++)
{
   if(someString.charAt(i) == "+"){
             //do something
   }
}

This post has been edited by darek9576: 07 February 2013 - 06:34 PM

[macosxnerd101]

Note that chars have single quotes and Strings have double quotes. So darek9576's "+" should read '+'. There is also the String contains() method.

[burakaltr]

	for(int i=0; i < someString.length(); i++)
		{
			System.out.println((someString.substring(i,i+1)));
			if(someString.substring(i,i+1).equals("+"))
				{
 //do something


                         System.out.println(true);

                 }
				else System.out.println(false);
		            			
		}

This post has been edited by burakaltr: 07 February 2013 - 07:28 PM

[macosxnerd101]

Use of the substring() method is really a bad choice here, as substring() returns a String. If that String doesn't already exist in the String pool, then a new one is created. Note that if "123" exists in the String pool, that doesn't guarantee that "12" will exist there. The charAt() method is a better choice because chars are primitives, and the String class just returns the char from the given index in the array.

[burakaltr]

I just wanted to offer an alternative .

Thanks for being explanative and intuitive.