Question

I am new to programming languages. I have a requirement where I have to return a record based on a search string.

For example, take the following three records and a search string of “Cal”:

1. University of California

2. Pascal Institute

3. California University

I’ve tried String.Contains, but all three are returned. If I use String.StartsWith, I get only record #3. My requirement is to return #1 and #3 in the result.

Thank you for your help.

Answer 1

I like this for simplicity:

if(str.StartsWith("Cal") || str.Contains(" Cal")){
    //do something
}