I need to do an IF check for that last character of a string

[mimsc]

trying to see if the last character is a '>'......any suggestions

I already know how to check for the character

heres what I got

if (userData.getName().charAt(0)!='<' ) {

thank

[masijade]

Why not == '>' ?

Edit: And, of course not 0. Try userData.length() - 1.

[Ezzaral]

userData.endsWith(">") perhaps?

Edit: yeah, charAt(userData.length()-1) works just as well

[mimsc]

alright...let me check that out..I'll be back to let u know

[mimsc]

getting illegal start of expression and ';' expected...Im sure it's something small..or I set it up wrong....take a look

<div id="contactInfo">
  <%
	if (userData.getName().charAt(0)!='<') || (userData.getName().charAt(userData.getName().length()-1)!='>' ) {
  %>    

	<span> <%=userData.getName()%> &#8226;</span>
<%}

%>

[Ezzaral]

Check your parenthesis on the if() statement.

[mimsc]

Check your parenthesis on the if() statement.

ok I opened up the if:

<div id="contactInfo">
  <%
	if (userData.getName().charAt(0)!='<' || userData.getName().charAt(userData.getName().length()-1)!='>' ) {
  %>    

	<span> <%=userData.getName()%> &#8226;</span>

if I put "<sample" for the name...nuthing shows up

but if I put"sample>"..it still displays the string

[Ezzaral]

I would think you'd want an && condition there, not an ||.

if (!userData.getName().startsWith("<") && !userData.getName().endsWith(">") )

This looks to me like the beginning of a html/xml parser of some kind. If I'm wrong well, there ya go.

If I'm not then perhaps you should start looking into regular expressions. As they will help you in the long run.

[mimsc]

thanx man

[mimsc]

appreciate the help Ezzaral...good lookin playa!