How to check if a string starts with one of several prefixes?

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Do you mean this:

if (newStr4.startsWith("Mon") || newStr4.startsWith("Tues") || ...)

Or you could use regular expression:

if (newStr4.matches("(Mon|Tues|Wed|Thurs|Fri).*"))

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