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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 = "<EventTypeCode csd-code=\\\"(?<myEventTypeCode>PPQ-1)\\\".+?<ActiveParticipant UserID=\\\"(?<myUserID>\\w{0,})\\\" UserName=\\\"(?<myUserName>[^\\\"]*)\\\" UserIsRequestor=\\\"true\\\".*?<RoleIDCode csd-code=\\\"(?<myRoleCode>\\w{1,})\\\".+?<AuditSourceIdentification.+?AuditSourceID=\\\"(?<myAuditSourceID>.+?)\\\">.+?<ParticipantObjectIdentification ParticipantObjectID=\\\"(?<myParticipantObjectID>\\d{1,})[^\\\"]+?2\\.16\\.756\\.5\\.30\\.1\\.127.+?\\\" ParticipantObjectTypeCode=\\\"1\\\" ParticipantObjectTypeCodeRole=\\\"1\\\">"; final String string = "type=SYSCALL msg=audit(1603788735.462:431935): arch=c000003e syscall=2 success=yes exit=34 a0=1d08f80 a1=80042 a2=1a4 a3=1d08f80 items=2 ppid=1 pid=19277 auid=4294967295 uid=0 gid=0 euid=0 suid=0 fsuid=0 egid=0 sgid=0 fsgid=0 tty=(none) ses=4294967295 comm=\"rhn_check\" exe=\"/usr/bin/python2.7\" subj=system_u:system_r:rpm_t:s0 key=\"audit_rules_etc_modification\""; final Pattern pattern = Pattern.compile(regex, Pattern.DOTALL); 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