noob question java

I need to be able to recognize various types of inputs as a "yes" response like y,Yes,YES, etc.. what would be a good place to read up on this and figure out the answer. Is there a string method that can do this simply (like maybe String.equalsIgnoreCase(another yes string))?

I would recommnded looking in design patterns for a universal response parser factory

>>2
Shouldn't he have a universal response parser factory factory take care of that for him?

Regular expressions. Now you have three problems.

>>1
Write it yourself you lazy bastard!!

>>5
I would if I knew where to start. I am not being lazy I am asking for help.

Set it up to read in a string, then read the first character in the string. If it's a Y or a y, take it as a yes. The other characters are unimportant if the answer can be guesstimated from the first character.

Convert the string to upper or lower case and test against that

>>7
thanks this seems to be the best answer so far.
>>8
yes I thought of that after >>7
thanks also

My language doesn't have a word for no, you insensitive clod!

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>>10
cool language bro!

>>11
Now you're a true part of /prog/

>>11
One of us! One of us! One of us!

>>8 this is how i did it. thanks one last time for your help. the notes are for me to finish later.

System.out.println ("The door " +doorRemove +" is EMPTY do you want to switch your choice?(yes/no)");
String switchQuestion = keyboard.next ();
switchQuestion.toLowerCase();
if ((switchQuestion.charAt(0)) == 'y'){
    /* switch the damn door */
}

>>15
ADVANCED PROGRAMMING PARADIGM

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>>15
Yer a faget

>>19
Protip: when the last post in the thread is by a spambot, doublecheck the date of the post you're replying to.

>>20
Protip: >>19 was my bot.(now with rndreply())