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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 = "(.{1,80}\\S)(?:[\\r\\n\\f\\v ]+|$)"; final String string = "--- 0---|--- 10---|--- 20---|--- 30---|--- 40---|--- 50---|--- 60---|--- 70---|--- 80---|--- 90---|\n" + "123456789|123456789|123456789|123456789|123456789|123456789|1 23456789|123456789|123456789|123456789|\n\n\n" + "SELECT\n" + " tbl_Hex.Hex_ID\n" + " ,tbl_Generic_Tool.Generic_Code AS [Generic Code]\n" + " ,tbl_ref_Generic_Type.Generic_Type AS [Generic Type]\n" + "FROM tbl_ref_Location\n" + " RIGHT JOIN ((tbl_ref_Generic_Type\n" + " INNER JOIN tbl_Generic_Tool ON tbl_ref_Generic_Type.Generic_Type_ID = tbl_Generic_Tool.Generic_Type_ID)\n" + " INNER JOIN (tbl_ref_Building\n" + " INNER JOIN tbl_Hex ON tbl_ref_Building.Building_ID = tbl_Hex.Building_ID) ON tbl_Generic_Tool.Generic_ID = tbl_Hex.Generic_ID) ON tbl_ref_Location.Location_ID = tbl_Hex.Location_ID\n" + "GROUP BY\n" + " tbl_Hex.Hex_ID\n" + " ,tbl_Hex.Hex_No\n" + " ,tbl_ref_Building.Building_Abbrev\n" + " ,tbl_ref_Location.Location\n" + " ,tbl_Generic_Tool.Generic_Code\n" + " ,tbl_ref_Generic_Type.Generic_Type\n" + "ORDER BY\n" + " tbl_Hex.Hex_No;\n"; final String subst = "$1\\r\\n"; final Pattern pattern = Pattern.compile(regex, Pattern.MULTILINE); final Matcher matcher = pattern.matcher(string); // The substituted value will be contained in the result variable final String result = matcher.replaceAll(subst); System.out.println("Substitution result: " + result); } }

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