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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
  • Non-capturing group
    (?:...)
  • Capturing group
    (...)
  • 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

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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 = "^(-|\\+)??(180(\\.0+?)??|(1[0-7]|\\d)\\d??(\\.\\d+?)??)$"; final String string = "// Valid longitude values\n" + "180\n" + "180.000\n" + "179\n" + "179.0\n" + "179.999\n" + "100\n" + "100.00\n" + "100.9\n" + "99\n" + "99.99\n" + "99.0\n" + "80\n" + "10\n" + "10.00\n" + "10.99\n" + "8\n" + "8.9\n" + "8.0\n" + "1\n" + "1.0\n" + "1.9\n" + "0\n" + "0.1\n" + "0.9\n" + "+180\n" + "+180.000\n" + "+179\n" + "+179.0\n" + "+179.999\n" + "+100\n" + "+100.00\n" + "+100.9\n" + "+99\n" + "+99.99\n" + "+99.0\n" + "+80\n" + "+10\n" + "+10.00\n" + "+10.99\n" + "+8\n" + "+8.9\n" + "+8.0\n" + "+1\n" + "+1.0\n" + "+1.9\n" + "+0\n" + "+0.1\n" + "+0.9\n" + "-180\n" + "-180.000\n" + "-179\n" + "-179.0\n" + "-179.999\n" + "-100\n" + "-100.00\n" + "-100.9\n" + "-99\n" + "-99.99\n" + "-99.0\n" + "-80\n" + "-10\n" + "-10.00\n" + "-10.99\n" + "-8\n" + "-8.9\n" + "-8.0\n" + "-1\n" + "-1.0\n" + "-1.9\n" + "-0\n" + "-0.1\n" + "-0.9\n" + "// Invalid longitude values\n" + "181\n" + "180.00001\n" + "180.1\n" + "180.9\n" + "-181\n" + "-180.00001\n" + "-180.1\n" + "-180.9\n" + "+181\n" + "+180.00001\n" + "+180.1\n" + "+180.9"; 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