Java: Check if a string starts with a specified word

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String Starts with Word

Write a Java program to check if a string starts with a specified word.

Sample Data: string1 = "Hello how are you?"

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Sample Solution:

Java Code:

import java.util.*;
import java.io.*;

public class Exercise85 {
    public static void main(String[] args) {
        // Initialize a string
        String string1 = "Hello how are you?";
        
        // Check if the string starts with "Hello"
        boolean startsWithHello = string1.startsWith("Hello");
        
        // Print the result indicating whether the string starts with "Hello"
        System.out.println(startsWithHello);
    }
}

Sample Output:

true

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For more Practice: Solve these Related Problems:

• Modify the program to check if a string ends with a specific word.
• Write a program to check if a string contains a specific word anywhere.
• Modify the program to check for case-insensitive matches.
• Write a program to replace the first word in a string with another word.

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