For each loop on Java HashMap

Question

A basic chat program I wrote has several key words that generate special actions, images, messages, etc. I store all of the key words and special functions in a HashMap. Key words are the keys and functions are the values. I want to compare user input to the keys with some type of loop. I have tried everything I can think of and nothing works. This is what I can figure out:

myHashMap = <File Input>
for(String currentKey : <List of HashMap Keys>){
    if(user.getInput().equalsIgnoreCase(currentKey)){
        //Do related Value action
    }
}
...

I would appreciate any help. Forgive me if I overlooked a similar question or if the answer is obvious.

Answer 1

If you need access to both key and value then this is the most efficient way

    for(Entry<String, String> e : m.entrySet()) {
        String key = e.getKey();
        String value = e.getValue();
    }