Regular Expressions 101

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  • All Tokens
  • Common Tokens
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  • Anchors
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  • Quantifiers
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  • Character Classes
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  • 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 = "([ns]?(?: ?[+-]?\\d+(?:\\.\\d+)?[°´’'\"d:]?){1,3} ?[ns]?) ?,? ?([ew]?(?: ?[+-]?\\d+(?:\\.\\d+)?[°´’'\"d:]?){1,3} ?[ew]?)"; final String string = "N 45° 55.732 W 122° 29.882\n" + "N 047° 38.938', W 122° 20.887'\n" + "40.123, -74.123\n" + "40.123° N 74.123° W\n" + "40° 7´ 22.8\" N 74° 7´ 22.8\" W\n" + "40° 7.38’ , -74° 7.38’\n" + "N40°7’22.8, W74°7’22.8\"\n" + "40°7’22.8\"N, 74°7’22.8\"W\n" + "40 7 22.8, -74 7 22.8\n" + "40.123 -74.123\n" + "40.123°,-74.123°\n" + "144442800, -266842800\n" + "40.123N74.123W\n" + "4007.38N7407.38W\n" + "40°7’22.8\"N, 74°7’22.8\"W\n" + "400722.8N740722.8W\n" + "N 40 7.38 W 74 7.38\n" + "40:7:23N,74:7:23W\n" + "40:7:22.8N 74:7:22.8W\n" + "40°7’23\"N 74°7’23\"W\n" + "40°7’23\" -74°7’23\"\n" + "40d 7’ 23\" N 74d 7’ 23\" W\n" + "40.123N 74.123W\n" + "40° 7.38, -74° 7.38"; final Pattern pattern = Pattern.compile(regex, Pattern.CASE_INSENSITIVE); 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