yeah you can use the matches operator and write your own regular expression there. Cheers On Wed, Jul 24, 2013 at 10:47 AM, rganesh84 <ganesh_r04(a)infosys.com&gt; wrote: > I was just wondering if there is a pattern matcher available in drools. > Below is a sample > > rule "Action Movies" > dialect "java" > when > ui : UserInfo(likes contains "Action") > then > List sw = new ArrayList(); > sw.add("Die Hard"); > sw.add("The Avengers"); > ui.setRecs(sw); > end > > the rule strictly checks for word "Action" but if the likes list contains > "Action Movies" the rule won't get processed. Is there a pattern matching > ability or a like search for a String/list containing strings? > > > > > -- > View this message in context: > http://drools.46999.n3.nabble.com/Pattern-matching-rules-tp4025112.html > Sent from the Drools: User forum mailing list archive at Nabble.com. > _______________________________________________ > rules-users mailing list > rules-users(a)lists.jboss.org > https://lists.jboss.org/mailman/listinfo/rules-users > -- - MyJourney @ http://salaboy.com <http://salaboy.wordpress.com> - Co-Founder @ http://www.jugargentina.org - Co-Founder @ http://www.jbug.com.ar - Salatino "Salaboy" Mauricio -