mKorbel

JFormattedTextField + Pattern

please, just as advice, 1/ replace JPanel(s) instead of creating plenty of JFrame without DefaultCloseOperation 2/ JFrame + JDialod (be sure that with dialog.setDefaultCloseOperation(JDialog.DISPOSE_ON_CLOSE);) 3/ don't extends TopLayOutContainer (JFrame, JDialog, JOptionPane or Window), maybe one time you need/want to create a plain vanilla constuctor from someClass back to mainClass 4/ …

maybe this one can returs as you wanted [CODE] String input = "please help"; if (input.substring(0, 1).equals(input.substring(input.length() - 1, input.length()))) { System.out.println("same"); } else { System.out.println("NOT"); } [/CODE]