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

Regular Expression
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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 = "^([a-zA-Z0-9-]{1,})>(.*?)[,](.*){1,},(qA[CXUoOSrRiZI]),(.+){1,}:"; final String string = "# aprsc 2.1.13-g79b6c3e\n" + "# logresp WV6L unverified, server FIRST\n" + "KG6DMY-9>APAT51,RCHFLD,WIDE1*,qAR,ABAJO:!3846.80N/11205.07W&261/000/A=005347I'm Charles. 146.640 - pl 100\n" + "N3FAA>APRS,TCPIP*,qAC,AMBCWOP-2:@062011z3447.10N/11816.47W_049/001g002t053r000p001P001h57b10216L412AmbientCWOP.com\n" + "KM6WSX>APX219,N6EX-4*,qAR,KELLER:=3405.98N/11736.25W-/A=001105/\n" + "K7EDT-S>APDG01,TCPIP*,qAC,K7EDT-GS:;K7EDT B *062011z3322.32ND11148.72WaRNG0001/A=000010 440 Voice 443.12500MHz +0.0000MHz\n" + "RUTH>APNX02,WIDE3-3,qAR,N7GWT:!3918.75NS11505.39W#PHG58306/W3,NVn,N7GWT, Kimberly Pk, Nv\n" + "KD6FEE>APFII0,qAC,APRSFI:@201141h3343.14N/11747.18W[178/000/A=000108Stormprobe | KD6FEE@arrl.net!w5X!\n" + "XE2BNC-1>APMI06,WIDE2-2,qAR,XE2SI-10:@070122z3218.82N/11639.92WnPHG59304/CREBC Cerro Bola \n" + "N4RDZ-9>S3SWXY,W7DXJ-12,WIDE1,W6SCE-11*,WIDE2,qAR,N2GTR-2:`*)p{k>/`\"7/}_%\n" + "SQUAW>APN391,qAO,PVALY:!3428.16NS11152.56W#PHG3000/W3,AZn SQUAW PEAK DIGI 6479 FT W7EI\n" + "W7JLW>APRS,TCPIP*,qAC,T2CSNGRAD:@062013z3240.80N/11425.20W_049/003g007t062r000p000P000h44b10221eCumulusDsVP\n" + "K6CMG-7>APDR16,TCPIP*,qAC,T2FINLAND:=3404.28N/11728.09Wu359/002/A=000973 up to no good. \n" + "KC6JPG-D>APDG03,TCPIP*,qAC,KC6JPG-DS:!3407.92ND11733.37W&/A=000000440 MMDVM Voice 426.50000MHz +0.0000MHz, APRS for DMRGateway\n" + "KG5SWO>APRS,TCPIP*,qAC,AMBCWOP-2:@062011z3803.83N/12039.19W_151/000g000t054r000p000P000h60b10251L264AmbientCWOP.com\n" + "K0RNA-9>S3TVSQ,WIDE1-1,WIDE2-1,qAR,AG7GK-2:`(0Vm-6k/`\"8p}Encore Floors -Blue F-150 - Rich-Love,Peace,& Chicken Grease_%\n" + "KG6DMY-9>APAT51,RCHFLD,BACON,WIDE1*,qAR,ABAJO:!3846.80N/11205.07W&261/000/A=005347I'm Charles. 146.640 - pl 100\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