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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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/
/
g

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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 = "(\\s*<script.*>)((\\s|.)*)(<\\/script\\s*?>)"; final String string = "<script type=\"text/template\" data-category=\"text\" data-img-src=\"section-01.jpg\" data-section-name=\"1\">\n" + "<div class=\"zpsection\" data-element-type=\"section\">\n" + " <div class=\"zpcontainer\">\n" + " <div class=\"zprow\" data-element-type=\"row\" data-column-ratio=\"12,12\">\n" + " <div class=\"zpcol-md-12 zpcol-sm-12\" data-element-type=\"column\">\n" + " <div class=\"zpelement zpelem-heading\" data-element-type=\"heading\">\n" + " <h2 class=\"zpheading zpheading-align-center\" data-editor=\"true\">The face of the moon was in shadow</h2>\n" + " </div>\n" + " <div class=\"zpelement zpelem-text\" data-element-type=\"text\">\n" + " <div class=\"zptext zptext-align-center\" data-editor=\"true\">\n" + " <p>Almost before we knew it, we had left the ground. All their equipment and instruments are alive.Mist enveloped the ship three hours out from port. The spectacle before us was indeed sublime.A red flair silhouetted the jagged edge of a wing.</p>\n" + " </div>\n" + " </div>\n" + " <div class=\"zpelement zpelem-button\" data-element-type=\"button\">\n" + " <div class=\"zpbutton-container zpbutton-align-center\"> <a href=\"javascript:;\" class=\"zpbutton-wrapper zpbutton zpbutton-type-primary zpbutton-size-md\"> <span class=\"zpbutton-content\">Get Started Now</span> </a> </div>\n" + " </div>\n" + " </div>\n" + " </div>\n" + " </div>\n" + "</div>\n" + "</script>\n"; 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