Regular Expressions 101

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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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~
~
gm

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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 = "^(\\d{1,3}(?:\\.\\d{1,3}){3})\\s*-\\s*((?1))\\s*-\\s*((?:[0-9A-Fa-f]{2}[:-]){3,6}[0-9A-Fa-f]{2})\\s*-\\s*(\\d\\d/\\d\\d/\\d{4}\\s\\d\\d(?::\\d\\d){2}|NEVER EXPIRES|INACTIVE)\\s*-\\s*(\\w)\\s*-\\s*(.*)$"; final String string = "Changed the current scope context to 192.25.200.0 scope.\n\n" + "Type : N - NONE, D - DHCP B - BOOTP, U - UNSPECIFIED, R - RESERVATION IP\n" + "============================================================================================\n" + "IP Address - Subnet Mask - Unique ID - Lease Expires -Type -Name \n" + "============================================================================================\n\n" + "192.25.200.4 - 255.255.255.192- 64-9e-f3-b3-81-d3 -01/08/2018 17:07:46 -D- BH1-WAP-01.local\n" + "192.25.200.5 - 255.255.255.192- 50-57-a8-30-11-f6 -01/08/2018 16:24:59 -D- BH1-WAP-03.local\n" + "192.25.200.6 - 255.255.255.192- f0-f7-55-df-c4-ff -01/08/2018 16:45:04 -D- BH1-WAP-02.local\n" + "192.25.200.7 - 255.255.255.192- 00-23-24-bb-ce-83 -04/08/2018 10:55:00 -D- CESTA1703043.LOCAL\n\n" + "No of Clients(version 4): 4 in the Scope : 192.25.200.0.\n\n" + "Command completed successfully.\n\n" + "Changed the current scope context to 192.25.200.64 scope.\n\n" + "Type : N - NONE, D - DHCP B - BOOTP, U - UNSPECIFIED, R - RESERVATION IP\n" + "============================================================================================\n" + "IP Address - Subnet Mask - Unique ID - Lease Expires -Type -Name \n" + "============================================================================================\n\n" + "192.25.200.68 - 255.255.255.192- 28-94-0f-05-ac-6c -01/08/2018 03:14:46 -D- WAP-C12-01-1047.local\n\n" + "No of Clients(version 4): 1 in the Scope : 192.25.200.64.\n\n" + "Command completed successfully.\n" + "Changed the current scope context to 192.28.211.0 scope.\n" + "192.28.211.27 - 255.255.255.0 -00-0a-13-00-00-00-00- NEVER EXPIRES -U- CFCameraNearlockers\n\n" + "Changed the current scope context to 192.28.194.0 scope.\n" + "192.28.194.254 - 255.255.255.0 -00-48-32-95-85 - INACTIVE -N- bms"; final String subst = "$1 ~ $2 ~ $3 ~ $4 ~ $5 ~ $6"; final Pattern pattern = Pattern.compile(regex, Pattern.MULTILINE); final Matcher matcher = pattern.matcher(string); // The substituted value will be contained in the result variable final String result = matcher.replaceAll(subst); System.out.println("Substitution result: " + result); } }

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