Here's my code:
public static void rightSel(Scanner scanner,char t)
{
/*if (!stopping)*/System.out.print(": ");
if (scanner.hasNextLine())
{
String orInput = scanner.nextLine;
if (orInput.equalsIgnoreCase("help")
{
System.out.println("The following commands are available:");
System.out.println(" 'help' : displays this menu");
System.out.println(" 'stop' : stops the program");
System.out.println(" 'topleft' : makes right triangle alligned left and to the top");
System.out.println(" 'topright' : makes right triangle alligned right and to the top");
System.out.println(" 'botright' : makes right triangle alligned right and to the bottom");
System.out.println(" 'botleft' : makes right triangle alligned left and to the bottom");
System.out.println("To continue, enter one of the above commands.");
}//help menu
else if (orInput.equalsIgnoreCase("stop")
{
System.out.println("Stopping the program...");
stopping = true;
}//stop command
else
{
String rawInput = orInput;
String cutInput = rawInput.trim();
if (
I'd like to allow the user some leeway as to how they can enter the commands, things like: Top Right, top-right, TOPRIGHT, upper left, etc.
To that end, I'm trying to, at that last if (
, check if cutInput
starts with either "top" or "up" AND check if cutInput
ends with either "left" or "right", all while being case-insensitive. Is this at all possible?
The end goal of this is to allow the user to, in one line of input, pick from one of four orientations of a triangle. This was the best way I could think of to do that, but I'm still quite new to programming in general and might be over complicating things. If I am, and it turns there's a simpler way, please let me know.
Like this:
aString.toUpperCase().startsWith("SOMETHING");
aString.toUpperCase().endsWith("SOMETHING");