Regex help, only dependent on first letter

Question

hi, i have a problem using the regex utility,
i have an array containing random words.
i need to filter out and print out the words that starts with a, h or m.
this is part of my coding
it seems to me that the comparison will print any word with a, h or m instead words that start with the letters.
Arrays.sort(b);
Pattern p = Pattern.compile("ba", Pattern.CASE_INSENSITIVE);
               while(last<w)
                    String comp = new String();
                    comp = b[last].toString();
                    Matcher m = p.matcher(comp);
                         if(!m.find())
                         last++;
                         else
                         System.out.print(comp);
                         System.out.print(" ");
                         last++;

Answer 1

i have to apologise, i'm still new and it's my first post.
pls forgive me.. anyway i got the problem solved.
i need to only compile the following pattern ("^a|^h|^m")
and voila~!
: )