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  • All Tokens
  • Common Tokens
  • General Tokens
  • Anchors
  • Meta Sequences
  • Quantifiers
  • Group Constructs
  • Character Classes
  • Flags/Modifiers
  • Substitution
  • A single character of: a, b or c
    [abc]
  • A character except: a, b or c
    [^abc]
  • A character in the range: a-z
    [a-z]
  • A character not in the range: a-z
    [^a-z]
  • A character in the range: a-z or A-Z
    [a-zA-Z]
  • Any single character
    .
  • Alternate - match either a or b
    a|b
  • Any whitespace character
    \s
  • Any non-whitespace character
    \S
  • Any digit
    \d
  • Any non-digit
    \D
  • Any word character
    \w
  • Any non-word character
    \W
  • Match everything enclosed
    (?:...)
  • Capture everything enclosed
    (...)
  • Zero or one of a
    a?
  • Zero or more of a
    a*
  • One or more of a
    a+
  • Exactly 3 of a
    a{3}
  • 3 or more of a
    a{3,}
  • Between 3 and 6 of a
    a{3,6}
  • Start of string
    ^
  • End of string
    $
  • A word boundary
    \b
  • Non-word boundary
    \B

Regular Expression
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import java.util.regex.Matcher; import java.util.regex.Pattern; public class Example { public static void main(String[] args) { final String regex = ">([^<>]*\\S)<"; final String string = "<tr>\n" + " <td class=\"no-min-width \" style=\"\" width=\"45\" data-col=\"0\">\n" + " <a href=\"/［ステージオブマジック］島村卯月\">\n" + " <img src=\"https://cdn.img-conv.gamerch.com/img.gamerch.com/imascg-slstage-wiki/wikidb_thumbnail/338316/individual_200.jpg?d=20190419162924&amp;q=20\" class=\"lazy ui_thumbnail\" data-original=\"https://cdn.img-conv.gamerch.com/img.gamerch.com/imascg-slstage-wiki/wikidb_thumbnail/338316/individual_200.jpg?d=20190419162924&amp;q=20\" alt=\"［ステージオブマジック］島村卯月\"> </a>\n" + " </td>\n" + " <td class=\" \" style=\"\" data-col=\"1\">\n" + " <a href=\"/［ステージオブマジック］島村卯月\">\n" + " <span data-jscol_sort=\"［ステージオブマジック］島村卯月\">［ステージオブマジック］島村卯月</span>\n" + " </a>\n" + " </td>\n" + " <td class=\" \" style=\"\" data-col=\"2\">\n" + " <span data-jscol_sort=\"島村卯月\">\n" + " <a href=\"https://imascg-slstage-wiki.gamerch.com/%E5%B3%B6%E6%9D%91%E5%8D%AF%E6%9C%88\" class=\"ui_page_match\" title=\"島村卯月\">\n" + " 島村卯月\n" + " </a>\n" + " </span>\n" + " </td>\n" + " <td class=\" \" style=\"\" data-col=\"3\">\n" + " <span data-jscol_sort=\"キュート\">キュート</span>\n" + " </td>\n" + " <td class=\" \" style=\"\" data-col=\"4\">\n" + " </td>\n" + "</tr>"; final Pattern pattern = Pattern.compile(regex, Pattern.MULTILINE); final Matcher matcher = pattern.matcher(string); while (matcher.find()) { System.out.println("Full match: " + matcher.group(0)); for (int i = 1; i <= matcher.groupCount(); i++) { System.out.println("Group " + i + ": " + matcher.group(i)); } } } }

Please keep in mind that these code samples are automatically generated and are not guaranteed to work. If you find any syntax errors, feel free to submit a bug report. For a full regex reference for Java, please visit: https://docs.oracle.com/javase/7/docs/api/java/util/regex/Pattern.html