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

/
/
g

Test String

Code Generator

Generated Code

import java.util.regex.Matcher; import java.util.regex.Pattern; public class Example { public static void main(String[] args) { final String regex = "(.*)@(?!gmail)\\w+\\.com"; final String string = "# 配對電子郵件\n\n" + "# 題目說明區塊\n" + "請幫我抓出@(小老鼠)前面的帳戶名稱,而且我不要 gmail 的。\n\n" + "#欲測試資料集\n\n" + "foobar@gmail.com\n" + "NoOneCareMe@gamil.com\n" + "SaveTheWorld@hotmail.com\n" + "zzzGroup@yahoo.com\n" + "eagle1963@gmail.com\n" + "maythefourthwithyiu@starwars.com\n\n" + "# 應配對結果(亮色區塊)\n" + "NoOneCareMe@gamil.com\n" + "SaveTheWorld@hotmail.com\n" + "zzzGroup@yahoo.com\n" + "maythefourthwithyiu@starwars.com\n\n" + "# (選項)寫上註解,好好說明你怎麼想的\n" + "首先將 @ 之前的文字都抓起來,所以放上(),因為不想顧及裡面的文字是什麼,所以很懶惰的使用 .*,步驟多了點但是我不在意XD,因為不想要 gmail 所以我再任意文字 \\w+ 前面判斷寫上不是 gmail,最後放上 \\.com來玩成此次配對,希望你可以幫我減少更多 step(步驟),來提高這個規則的效率。\n\n" + "# (選項)將你的 Regex 註解起來,使用 Extended Formating\n" + "/ # Start of Regex\n" + " ( # Group and Capturing follwoing\n" + " .* # Match any form zero-to-many\n" + " ) # End of group\n\n" + " @ # Match @\n\n" + " ( # Group and Capturing follwoing\n" + " ?! # Negative lookahead\n" + " gmail # Match Gmail\n" + " ) # End of group\n\n" + " \\w+ # Match any character from one-to-many\n" + " \\. # Match .(dot)\n" + " com # Match com\n" + "/ # End of Regex"; final Pattern pattern = Pattern.compile(regex); 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