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Return the number of times that the string "code" appears anywhere in the given string,
except we'll accept any letter for the 'd', so "cope" and "cooe" count.

Is there a value that I can input that means any letter or do I have to make a case for every letter of the alphabet?

Solution

  • Use a regex:

    string.matches("co[a-z]e")

    To count the number of matches:

    int count = 0;
Matcher m = Pattern.compile("co[a-z]e").matcher(string);
while(m.find()) {
    count++;
}