Search for a regexp in a java arraylist

Question

ArrayList  list = new ArrayList(); 
list.add(\"behold\");
list.add(\"bend\");
list.add(\"bet\");
list.add(\"bear\");
list.add(\"beat\");
list.add(\"bec         


        

Answer 1

This is a one liner in guava:

final Iterable matches = Iterables.filter(myStrings, Predicates.contains(Pattern.compile("myPattern")));

for (final String matched : matches) {
   ...
}