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

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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 = "^(([+]{1}[1-9]{1}[0-9]{0,2}[ ]{1}([1-9]{1}[0-9]{1,4}){1}[ ]{1}([1-9]{1}[0-9]{2,6}){1}([ -][0-9]{1,5})?)|([0]{1}[1-9]{1}[0-9]{1,4}[ ]{1}[0-9]{1,8}([ -][0-9]{1,8})?)?)"; final String string = "06429 1111\n" + "06901 306180\n" + "06429 231\n" + "0800 3301000\n" + "0179 1111111\n" + "0873 376461\n" + "03748 37682358\n" + "05444 347687-350\n" + "0764 812632-41\n" + "0180 2 12334\n" + "0800 5 23234213\n" + "+49 6429 1111\n" + "+49 39857 2530\n" + "+55 11 2666-0054\n" + "+300 11 2666-0054\n" + "+49 641 20106 0\n" + "+49 641 20106\n" + "+49 30 3432622-113\n\n" + "------\n\n" + "+300 11 0000-0000\n" + "(06442) 3933023\n" + "(02852) 5996-0\n" + "(042) 1818 87 9919\n" + "06442 / 3893023\n" + "06442 / 38 93 02 3\n" + "06442/3839023\n" + "042/ 88 17 890 0\n" + "+49 221 - 542194 79\n" + "+49 (221) - 542944 79\n" + "0 52 22 - 9 50 93 10\n" + "+49(0)121-79536 - 77\n" + "+49(0)2221-39938-113\n" + "+49 (0) 1739 906-44\n" + "+49 (173) 1799 806-44\n" + "0173173990644\n" + "0214154914479\n" + "01517953677\n" + "+491517953677\n" + "015777953677\n" + "02162 - 54 91 44 79\n" + "(02162) 54 91 44 79\n" + "saddsadasdasd\n" + "asdasd\n" + "asdasd asdasd asd\n" + "asdasd\n" + "kjn asohas asdoiasd\n" + "23434 234 234 23\n" + "323\n" + "23434 234----234\n" + "///// ----\n" + "// id8834 3493934 //"; 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