Hi All i am new to drools and I am hoping that some body can help me out here. I data in string array and I would like to check if one of the entry starts with the string I have. How can check it ? Code is shown below @java class ABC { String[] array = new String[]{"abcdef","ghijkl","mnopqrst"} } @drools rule "check something" when $abc : ( ABC.array contains a single entry which start with "abc" ) Is there a way I can do it ? If it is not possible what is way I can achive it Thanks -- View this message in context: http://www.nabble.com/using-matches-in-a-collection-tp18115893p18115893.html Sent from the drools - user mailing list archive at Nabble.com. _______________________________________________ rules-users mailing list rules-users(a)lists.jboss.org https://lists.jboss.org/mailman/listinfo/rules-users