Abbreviation arrays

Question

I need to modify this code in order to allow abbreviation to the minimum required unique string. I know it requires nested for loops, but I am having a difficult time.
https://code.sololearn.com/c44LYAI1n90A/?ref=app

Answer 1

@Gordie, that's true, thanks for coming in, I was uncertain of my suggestion, you know Java better than me : )

@Alejandra, check out @Gordie's answer, I believe it's a great solution : )

Answer 2

I'm not understanding your question clearly, looking at your code I could only guess you want the code to recognize "resu" as "resume", "rest" as "restart"... is that your actual code intention?

Answer 3

@Alejandra, have you tried using substring method? it returns a part of a string, in this case you want only the first four characters of a valid command. You can then compare the input using equalsIgnoreCase against the partial valid command.

if(command[i].equalsIgnoreCase(validCommands[0].substring(0, 4)))
// code here ...

Hth, cmiiw

Answer 4

@lpang I haven't tried that, but it should work! I know there's also a way by using the charAt method and then going thru it in a for loop...

Answer 5

yes that's what I'm trying to do