java - How to check if variable name contains string and then output string variable content -

so have these 4 variables

private final string prog_dept = "programming/engineering"; private final string des_dept = "design/writing"; private final string art_dept = "visual arts"; private final string sound_dept = "audio"; 

what want able string , compare variable , out put variable contains if equals it.

for example if string equals "art_dept" check if there variable called art_dept , output "visual arts"

i thinking of putting in 2d string array or list i'm not sure how want do

the data type you're looking map<string, string>.

map<string, string> departmentnames = new hashmap<string, string>(); departmentnames.put("prog_dept", "programming/engineering"); departmentnames.put("des_dept", "design/writing"); //...etc...  //...  string dept = "prog_dept"; string deptname = departmentnames.get(dept); system.out.println(deptname); //outputs "programming/engineering" 

a map binds unique key value. in case both have type string. add bindings using put(key, value) , binding key using get(key).