Sequence of string to compare

Question

Hi,
I am new to java programing...
i want to compare sequence of string .
for example :list = [1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8
and testlist =[4,5,6]
i need to compare list and testlist and the reuslt of this comprison will be true because [4,5,6] is in sequence .suppose testlist contains[ 4,7,8] it should return false as it is not in sequence with regards to the list [1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8]
i have tried using List collection....but it give the result true even if the string is not in sequence.
thanks in advance
kar

Answer 1

following is my code
import java.io.*;
import java.util.*;
public class compute
static int[]testpath= new int [100];
static     int t=0;
public static void main(String[] args)
int n;
String N;
int [] array;
try
     System.out.println("Enter the number of test case required");
InputStreamReader reader = new InputStreamReader(System.in);
BufferedReader br = new BufferedReader(reader);
N = br.readLine();
n=Integer.parseInt(N);
array= new int[n];
//System.out.println(+n);
System.out.println("Enter the test case");
for (int z=0;z<n;z++)
          {String num;
              num= br.readLine();
              array[z]= Integer.parseInt(num);
               //array[z]= br.read();
computeStats(array);
catch (IOException e)
e.printStackTrace();
               public static void computeStats (int [ ] numbers)
     int length = numbers.length;
     System.out.println(+length);
     double med, var, sd, mean, sum, varsum;
     sum = 0;
     System.out.println("NODE 1 INITIAL NODE numbers,sum=0,length=numbers.length");
     testpath[t]= 1;
     t++;
     System.out.println("NODE 2 i=0 for the FOR LOOP");
     testpath[t]=2;
     t++;
     for (int i = 0; i < length; i++)
     {System.out.println("NODE 3 DUMMY NODE ");
          testpath[t]=3;
     t++;
     System.out.println("NODE 4 SUM+=NUMBERS[i] AND i++");
     testpath[t]=4;
     t++;
     sum += numbers [ i ];
     System.out.println("NODE 3 DUMMY NODE ");
     testpath[t]=3;
     t++;
     System.out.println("NODE 5 MED,MEAN,VARSUM,i=0");
     testpath[t]=5;
     t++;
     med = numbers [ length / 2 ];
     mean = sum / (double) length;
     varsum = 0;
     for (int i = 0; i < length; i++)
     {System.out.println("NODE 6 DUMMY NODE");
          testpath[t]=6;
     t++;
     System.out.println("NODE 7 VARSUM CALCULATION");
     testpath[t]=7;
     t++;
     varsum = varsum + ((numbers [ i] - mean) * (numbers [ i ] - mean));
     System.out.println("NODE 6 DUMMY NODE");
     testpath[t]=6;
     t++;
     System.out.println("NODE 8 END PART FINAL NODE ");
     testpath[t]=8;
     t++;
     var = varsum / ( length - 1.0 );
     sd = Math.sqrt ( var );
     System.out.print("testpath followed");
     String testpathstr[]= new String[t];
for(int y=0;y<t;y++)
testpathstr[y]= Integer.toString(testpath[y]);
List pathlist= Arrays.asList(testpathstr);
//String pathlist= Arrays.toString(testpathstr);
System.out.println(pathlist);
boolean Choice;
Choice = true;
String Count;
int count=0 ;
System.out.println("Enter the number of Du path");
try{
     InputStreamReader reader = new InputStreamReader(System.in);
BufferedReader br = new BufferedReader(reader);
Count= br.readLine();
count=Integer.parseInt(Count);
System.out.println(+count);
catch (IOException e)
e.printStackTrace();
int i=0;
while(i<=count)
System.out.println("enter the len of Du-path u wanna test");
try{
     InputStreamReader reader = new InputStreamReader(System.in);
BufferedReader br = new BufferedReader(reader);
String lengt= br.readLine();
int len = Integer.parseInt(lengt);
String dupath[] = new String[len];
for(int a=0;a<len;a++)
     dupath[a]= br.readLine();
     System.out.println(dupath[a]);
     List dupathlist= Arrays.asList(dupath);
     System.out.println(dupathlist);
     String x;
     int xy;
     //xy=pathlist.compareTo(dupathlist);
     //x= Integer.parseInt(s)
     //System.out.println(+xy);
//String visited = new ArrayList(pathlist);
     boolean is ;
     is = pathlist.containsAll(dupathlist);// this what i am doing....path list contains set of numbers and i compare it with dupathlist     
System.out.println(is);
     if(is)
          System.out.println("dupath visited");
     else
          System.out.println("dupath not visited");
//     System.out.println(visited);
     System.out.println("Do you want to test another dupath(Yes or no)");
     String choice;
     choice= br.readLine();
     String yes="yes";
     System.out.println(choice);
     if(choice.equals(yes))
          i++;
          System.out.println(choice);
     else
          break;
catch (IOException e)
e.printStackTrace();
     // System.out.println ("length: " + length);
     // System.out.println ("mean: " + mean);
     // System.out.println ("median: " + med);
     // System.out.println ("variance: " + var);
     // System.out.println ("standard deviation: " + sd);
}