How to compare two Strings in java without considering spaces?

Question

I have one example.

public class Test {     public static void main(String[] args) {         String a="VIJAY KAKADE";         String b="VIJAY    KAKADE";         if(a.equalsIgnoreCase(b)){             System.out.println("yes");         }else{             System.out.println("no");         }     } } 

I need to check these strings without considering spaces. How do I achieve this? How do I ignore spaces in the strings when I compare them?

Answer 1

You can try to create a new string by replacing all empty spaces.

if(a.replaceAll("\\s+","").equalsIgnoreCase(b.replaceAll("\\s+",""))) {    // this will also take care of spaces like tabs etc. } 

then compare.