Regular Expressions 101

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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 = "(SSESS.*)=(.+?);\\s*path"; final String string = "{\n" + " server: 'nginx/1.21.0',\n" + " date: 'Mon, 25 Apr 2022 11:34:20 GMT',\n" + " 'content-type': 'text/html; charset=UTF-8',\n" + " 'transfer-encoding': 'chunked',\n" + " 'x-powered-by': 'PHP/7.4.16',\n" + " expires: 'Sun, 19 Nov 1978 05:00:00 GMT',\n" + " 'cache-control': 'no-store, no-cache, must-revalidate, max-stale=0, private, post-check=0, pre-check=0',\n" + " 'x-content-type-options': 'nosniff',\n" + " 'content-security-policy': \"frame-ancestors 'self';\",\n" + " 'set-cookie': [\n" + " 'SSESS8b04132f4690dc8ceb7837d5134a5519=ZbgVsmpp6DBRWwNCRMm5DTpfEoKffsNM7l8ILoCWkug; path=/; domain=test.net; secure; HttpOnly',\n" + " 'su=1; expires=Thu, 22-Apr-2032 11:34:20 GMT; Max-Age=315360000; path=/; domain=test.net',\n" + " 'lt=deleted; expires=Thu, 01-Jan-1970 00:00:01 GMT; Max-Age=0; path=/; test.net',\n" + " 'dtCookie=v_4_srv_10_sn_6364C36040ADFF47B91A838BB8B2CADD_perc_100000_ol_0_mul_1_app-3Aea7c4b59f27d43eb_1; Path=/; Domain=test.net',\n" + " '870be6fb89fc78ad2ca0eca3828e3019=7055c78f3c2b7311a5c77934caad6939; path=/; HttpOnly; Secure; SameSite=None'\n" + " ],\n" + " 'x-oneagent-js-injection': 'true',\n" + " 'x-ruxit-js-agent': 'true',\n" + " 'server-timing': 'dtSInfo;desc=\"0\", dtRpid;desc=\"493206686\"',\n" + " connection: 'close'\n" + "}"; 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