<br>rule "at least one element from the array starts with abc"<br>when<br> ABC( $array : array )<br> exists( String( this matches "abc.*" ) from $array )<br>then<br> // do something<br>end<br><br>
<br><div class="gmail_quote">2008/6/25 ygaurav <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:ygaurav@yahoo.com">ygaurav@yahoo.com</a>></span><br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;">
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Hi All<br>
<br>
i am new to drools and I am hoping that some body can help me out here.<br>
<br>
I data in string array and I would like to check if one of the entry starts<br>
with the string I have. How can check it ?<br>
<br>
<br>
Code is shown below<br>
<br>
@java<br>
class ABC {<br>
String[] array = new String[]{"abcdef","ghijkl","mnopqrst"}<br>
<br>
}<br>
<br>
@drools<br>
rule "check something"<br>
when<br>
$abc : ( ABC.array contains a single entry which start with "abc" )<br>
<br>
<br>
<br>
Is there a way I can do it ? If it is not possible what is way I can achive<br>
it<br>
<br>
Thanks<br>
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