import java.util.regex.Matcher;
import java.util.regex.Pattern;
public class Example {
public static void main(String[] args) {
final String regex = "(licence-[a-z]{2}-[a-z]{2})";
final String string = "company licences/patents\n"
+ "1 UX226, licence-pp-zz, licence-zz-pp, licence-xx-tt\n"
+ "2 VV3346E, SS345\n"
+ "3 licence-dd-zz\n"
+ "4 UT223, licence, ss\n"
+ "5 XBTYU, licence-tt-kk, licence-ss-tt\n"
+ "6 xc, zz\n"
+ "7 licence-xb-xz";
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