Regular Expressions 101

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  • All Tokens
  • Common Tokens
  • General Tokens
  • Anchors
  • Meta Sequences
  • Quantifiers
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  • 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

Regular Expression
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r"
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gm

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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 = "⏰ Timeframe M5\\s*((?:\\n(?!⏰).*)+)\\n⏰ Timeframe M15\\b"; final String string = "💎 SINAIS VIP - GOLD 🔥:\n" + "⏰ O horário dos sinais é o momento de entrada. O tempo de expiração está no começo do sinal. Entre 2 segundos antes para evitar delay\n\n" + "- - - - - - - - - - - - - -- - - - - - - - - - - - - -\n" + "🔔 Sinais para o dia 06/02/23\n" + "- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -\n\n" + "SINAIS SEM MARTINGALE\n\n" + "⏰ Timeframe M5\n\n" + "04:05 - EURUSD - PUT \n" + "04:05 - gbpchf - PUT \n" + "06:35 - EURGBP - PUT \n" + "07:10 - EURUSD - PUT️ \n" + "08:15 - EURJPY - PUT \n" + "08:45 - EURGBP - PUT \n" + "09:55 - EURUSD - PUT \n" + "09:10 - AUDJPY - PUT \n" + "10:55 - AUDUSD - PUT️ \n" + "11:10 - USDCAD - PUT \n" + "12:55 : AUDCAD - PUT️ \n" + "14:15 - EURUSD - PUT \n\n\n" + "⏰ Timeframe M15\n\n" + "04:30 - EURUSD - PUT️ \n" + "05:30 - AUDCAD - PUT \n" + "06:15 - EURGBP - PUT \n" + "07:15 - EURUSD - CALL \n" + "08:00 - GBPJPY - CALL \n" + "10:15 - EURUSD - CALL \n" + "11:00 - AUDUSD - PUT\n" + "11:45 - EURJPY - PUT \n" + "12:30 - EURUSD - PUT \n" + "14:45 - EURUSD - PUT \n\n" + "- - - - - - - - - - - - - -- - - - - - - - - - - - - -\n" + "⚠️ Não opere contra a tendência\n\n" + "Cadastre-se na quotex é ganhe um bônus de deposito sobre o seu valor.\n\n" + "https://quotex.io/sign-up/fast/?lid=61838\n" + "quotex.io\n" + "Quotex: An innovative platform for online investment\n" + "Quotex is an innovative platform with up to 98% return on every investment! Sign up for a demo account to practice with $10,000. With a minimum deposi..."; 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