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  • All Tokens
  • Common Tokens
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  • 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 = "(?:[\\u4E00-\\u9FFF\\u3400-\\u4DBF\\uF900-\\ufaff\\u3040-\\u309f\\u30a0-\\u30ff\\u3000-\\u303f\\uff21-\\uff3a\\uff41-\\uff5a\\uff10-\\uff19\\uff00-\\uff0eA-Za-z0-9@.,;!\\? 　～♥\\\\]*)(?P<match>(?:[^\\u4E00-\\u9FFF\\u3400-\\u380f\\uF900-\\ufaff\\u3040-\\u309f\\u30a0-\\u30ff\\u3000-\\u303f\\uff21-\\uff3a\\uff41-\\uff5a\\uff10-\\uff19A-Za-z0-9\\r\\n]|[人・;皿。゜°うぅ]){3,})(?:[\\u4E00-\\u9FFF\\u3400-\\u4DBF\\uF900-\\ufaff\\u3040-\\u309f\\u30a0-\\u30ff\\u3000-\\u303f\\uff21-\\uff3a\\uff41-\\uff5a\\uff10-\\uff19A-Za-z0-9@.,; 　～♥\\\\]*)"; final String string = "ふう。お腹いっぱい( ´•౪•`), 試験頑張るぞ＼＼\\\\ ٩( ‘ω’ )و //／／\n" + "心の相談は　メール　tiknathan@mail.goo.ne.jp までご連絡ください\n" + "ドーピング系浪人生(n=1)\n" + "横浜は関内にある「　ＢＷＹ　らっきょ　」に初訪問してまいりました関東スープカレーブームの火付け役となったお店の「　人気ＮＯ.１　チキンカレー　」をいただきました(´∀｀人)\n" + "鳥取県倉吉市 倉吉農業高校 3年食品科 （音楽部・茶道部） AKB48大ファン高校生！まゆゆ、中野郁海ちゃん神推し m0326w｡♥｡･ﾟ♡ﾟ･｡♥｡i0820n～現在♥大好きだよ♥ AKBファンの方はフォローお願いします^-^ \\n\\n来春から新社会人・・・の予定(´・ω・｀) nn(｡´-д-)疲れた。。"; 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