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  • All Tokens
  • Common Tokens
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  • Anchors
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  • Group Constructs
  • Character Classes
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  • 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 = "\\\\x02(01|02|04|06|07|08|09|10|11|12)\\\\x01"; final String string = "\n\n" + "9204112055711\\t김은선(39930(\\x010(\\x010\\x015\\x0227\\t620211367364620211358540 복사하여, 승인 처리 되었습니다.\\n\n\n\n" + " 심사자 정밀심사로 재평가 됩니다.\\x0820210330\\x0820210330\\t507030360)(주)에이플러스에셋어드바이저\\x0210\\x010\\x0200\\x0710MS130\\x0bGA1-3지점\\x0820210331\\x12318000840202103308\\x0232\\x010\\x0820210330\\n\n\n\n\n" + "HAN WENSHU(36920(\\x010(\\x010\\x015\\t507030360)(주)에이플러스에셋어드바이저\\x0210\\x010\\x0200\\x0710MS140\\x0bGA1-4지점\\x0820210331\\x133170009442021033037\\x0231\\x010\\x0820210330\\n\n\n\n" + "\\x02(01|02|04|06|07|08|09|10|11|12)\\x01\n\n\n\n" + "\\x10\\x13]\\x02\\tErrorCode\\x03\\x08ErrorMsg<0|^|20210331norOnPwas2081811366173150001|^|FNGCTGC3701|^||^|\\x01\\x13\\x02header\\x10\\x13\\x02\"\\x0bparentIndex\\x02\\x01\\x08rowIndex\\x02\\x01\\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