How to check if a string starts with one of several prefixes?

Question

I have the following if statement:

String newStr4 = strr.split(\"2012\")[0];
if (newStr4.startsWith(\"Mon\")) {
    str4.add(newStr4);
}

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Answer 1

When you say you tried to use OR, how exactly did you try and use it? In your case, what you will need to do would be something like so:

String newStr4 = strr.split("2012")[0];
if(newStr4.startsWith("Mon") || newStr4.startsWith("Tues")...)
str4.add(newStr4);