How to search for a string in an arraylist
List <String> list = new ArrayList(); list.add(“behold”); list.add(“bend”); list.add(“bet”); list.add(“bear”); list.add(“beat”); list.add(“become”); list.add(“begin”); List <String> listClone = new ArrayList<String>(); for (String string : list) { if(string.matches(“(?i)(bea).*”)){ listClone.add(string); } } System.out.println(listClone);