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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 = "^\\s*\\S*\\w*\\W*(?<severity>\\w)(?<time>\\d{4}\\s[^\\s]*)\\s+(?<pid>\\d+)\\s+(?<source>[^ \\]]+)\\](?<message>.*\\n)"; final String string = "{\"log\":\"I1121 14:37:42.883962 1 serve.go:85] Serving securely on 0.0.0.0:6443\\n\",\"stream\":\"stderr\",\"time\":\"2017-11-21T14:37:42.902231562Z\"}\n" + "{\"log\":\"I1121 14:37:42.885062 1 apiservice_controller.go:112] Starting APIServiceRegistrationController\\n\",\"stream\":\"stderr\",\"time\":\"2017-11-21T14:37:42.902266652Z\"}\n" + "{\"log\":\"I1121 14:37:42.885079 1 cache.go:32] Waiting for caches to sync for APIServiceRegistrationController controller\\n\",\"stream\":\"stderr\",\"time\":\"2017-11-21T14:37:42.902269685Z\"}\n" + "{\"log\":\"I1121 14:37:42.886031 1 available_controller.go:192] Starting AvailableConditionController\\n\",\"stream\":\"stderr\",\"time\":\"2017-11-21T14:37:42.902271525Z\"}\n" + "{\"log\":\"I1121 14:37:42.886043 1 cache.go:32] Waiting for caches to sync for AvailableConditionController controller\\n\",\"stream\":\"stderr\",\"time\":\"2017-11-21T14:37:42.902273437Z\"}\n" + " {\"log\":\"E0213 13:30:06.573154 1 cleaner.go:100] Error while attempting to clean CSR \"csr-4nzcx\": unable to delete CSR \\\\\\\"csr-4nzcx\\\\\\\": certificatesigningrequests.certificates.k8s.io \\\\\\\"csr-4nzcx\\\\\\\" is forbidden: User \\\\\\\"system:serviceaccount:kube-system:certificate-controller\\\\\\\" cannot delete certificatesigningrequests.certificates.k8s.io at the cluster scope\\\\n\\\",\\\"stream\\\":\\\"stderr\\\",\\\"time\\\":\\\"2018-02-13T13:30:06.575560335Z\\\"}\"\n" + "\"log\": \"I0213 17:07:12.217422 1 trace.go:76] Trace[120533389]: \\\"Create /api/v1/namespaces/default/events\\\" (started: 2018-02-13 17:07:08.211886864 +0000 UTC m=+8.804410052) (total time: 4.005504088s):\\n\",\n\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