// compile it by
//   javac regex.java
//
// Run it by
//   java Example

import java.util.regex.*;

class Example
{
  static void myMatches(String p, String [] s)
  {
    System.out.println("For pattern '" + p + "':");
    for(int i = 0; i < s.length; i++)
      System.out.println("  matches string '" + s[i] + "'? "
                         + Pattern.matches(p, s[i]));
  }

  public static void main(String[] args) throws PatternSyntaxException
  {
    String [] s = {"abcd", "aaaaa", "bbccc", "aaabbc"};

    //In java.util.regex.Pattern,
    //  '.' matches any single character (similar to '_' in SQL)
    //  '.*' matches any number of characters (similar to '%' in SQL)
    myMatches(".*bc.*", s);
    myMatches(".*bc.", s);
  }
};