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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gmx

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 = "\\b # Leading marker\n" + "(?P<byte> # Define a full byte\n" + "25[012345] | # the numers 250 - 255 or\n" + "2[01234](?P<digit>[0123456789]) | # 200 - 249 or\n" + "1(?&digit){2} | # 100 - 199 or\n" + "#0? # Allow leading zero\n" + "[1-9](?&digit) | # 10 - 99 or\n" + "#0{0,2} # Allow leading zeros\n" + "(?&digit) # 0 - 9\n" + ") # close one full byte\n" + "(\\.(?&byte)){3} # Repeat three more bytes.\n" + "\\b # Trailing marker"; final String string = "0.0.0.0 00.00.00.00 000.000.000.000\n" + "1.2.3.4 01.02.03.04 001.002.003.004\n" + "11.22.3.44 11.22.03.44 011.022.033.044\n" + "23.34.34.5 23.34.34.05 123.234.034.005\n" + "1.1.192.168 01.01.192.168 001.001.192.168\n" + "text 123.234.34.123 more text\n" + "text123.234.34.123more text\n" + "1.2.3.255\n" + "1.2.3.256\n" + "255.255.255.255\n" + "256.2.3.4\n" + "1123.234.34.123\n" + "123.234.34.1235\n" + ".123.234.34.123\n" + "123.234.34.123.\n" + "not 1.1.168.192 in 1.1.168.192.in-addr.arpa.\n" + "not 1.14.2.90 in xserver-common_1.14.2.901-2_all.deb\n" + "1.2.3.4"; final Pattern pattern = Pattern.compile(regex, Pattern.MULTILINE | Pattern.COMMENTS); 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