Check If Any String in the List Starts With a Letter in Java

First, create a List with String elements:

List<String> myList = new ArrayList<>();
myList.add("pqr");
myList.add("stu");
myList.add("vwx");
myList.add("yza");
myList.add("bcd");
myList.add("efg");
myList.add("vwxy");

Use the startsWith() method to check if any of the above string in the myList begins with a specific letter:

myList.stream().anyMatch((a) -> a.startsWith("v"));

TRUE is returned if any of the string begins with the specific letter, else FALSE.

The following is an example to check if any String in the list starts with a letter:

Example

import java.util.ArrayList;
import java.util.List;
public class Demo {
   public static void main(final String[] args) {
      List<String> myList = new ArrayList<>();
      myList.add("pqr");
      myList.add("stu");
      myList.add("vwx");
      myList.add("yza");
      myList.add("bcd");
      myList.add("efg");
      myList.add("vwxy");
      boolean res = myList.stream().anyMatch((a) -> a.startsWith("v"));
      System.out.println("Do any string begins with letter v = "+res);
   }
}

Output

Do any string begins with letter v = true