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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 = "\\b(?<url>(https?:.//?|www\\.).*?)(?:</ref>|[,]|[\\]]|[ ]|[ ]|[<])"; final String string = "<ref>Melon busk + shorten domain https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2j3p_aDMTNg</ref> => Valid\n\n" + "<ref>vidéo privé https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yZ-K7nCVnBI&playnext_from=TL&videos=osPknwzXEas&feature=sub</ref> => Invalid - privé\n\n" + "<ref>rick roll [https://youtu.be/dQw4w9WgXcQ?feature=youtube_gdata_playe http://youtu.be/dQw4w9WgXcQ?feature=youtube_gdata_playe]</ref> => Valid \n\n" + "<ref>ajout source redirect home page - https://youtube.com/watch?vi=dQw4w9WgXcQ&feature=youtube_gdata_player</ref> => Valid\n\n" + "<ref>rick roll avec share https://youtube.com/shorts/dQw4w9WgXcQ?feature=share'</ref> => Valid\n\n" + "<ref>Video indisponible (pas TOS, pas privé) - https://www.youtube-nocookie.com/embed/up_lNV-yoK4?rel=0%2C</ref> => Invalid\n\n" + "<ref>lien de chaine https://www.youtube.com/user/Scobleizer#p/u/1/1p3vcRhsYGo</ref> => Valid - lien de chaine\n\n" + "<ref>chaine indisponnible [https://www.youtube.com/ytscreeningroom?v=NRHVzbJVx8I http://www.youtube.com/ytscreeningroom?v=NRHVzbJVx8I]</ref> => Invalid\n\n" + "<ref>video indisponnible https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yZ-K7nCVnBI&playnext_from=TL&videos=osPknwzXEas&feature=sub</ref> => Invalid\n\n" + "<ref>Embedded video https://www.youtube.com/embed/nas1rJpm7wY?rel=0</ref> => Valid\n\n" + "<ref> Multiple url reference [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ubNF9QNEQLA, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ubNF9QNEQLA]</ref> => Semi-valid - Multiple reference\n\n" + "<ref> nowiki referefence <nowiki>https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ubNF9QNEQLA</nowiki></ref> => Semivalid - nowiki tag\n\n" + "<ref>playlist avec plusieurs videos https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLUTbk4P4tNYQ99rLpgq9eKAjZpiQh7Ay4</ref> => valid - playlist\n\n" + "<ref>https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLUTbk4P4tNYQ99rLpgq9eKAjZpiQh7Ay4</ref> => valid sans metadata\n\n" + "<ref>https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLUTbk4P4tNYQ99rLpgq9eKAjZpiQh7Ay4 - https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLUTbk4P4tNYQ99rLpgq9eKAjZpiQh7Ay4</ref> => multiple links\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