regex - Java string matching with wildcards -

i have pattern string wild card x (e.g.: abc*).

also have set of strings have match against given pattern.

e.g.:

abf - false

abc_fgh - true

abcgafa - true

fgabcafa - false

i tried using regex same, didn't work.

here code

string pattern = "abc*"; string str = "abcdef";  pattern regex = pattern.compile(pattern);  return regex.matcher(str).matches(); 

this returns false

is there other way make work?

thanks

just use bash style pattern java style pattern converter:

public static void main(string[] args) {         string patternstring = createregexfromglob("abc*");         list<string> list = arrays.aslist("abf", "abc_fgh", "abcgafa", "fgabcafa");         list.foreach(it -> system.out.println(it.matches(patternstring))); }  private static string createregexfromglob(string glob) {     stringbuilder out = new stringbuilder("^");     for(int = 0; < glob.length(); ++i) {         final char c = glob.charat(i);         switch(c) {             case '*': out.append(".*"); break;             case '?': out.append('.'); break;             case '.': out.append("\\."); break;             case '\\': out.append("\\\\"); break;             default: out.append(c);         }     }     out.append('$');     return out.tostring(); } 

is there equivalent of java.util.regex “glob” type patterns?
convert wildcard regex expression