Regular Expressions 101

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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

Regular Expression
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r"
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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 = "(?<!/)/[^/\\n]*$"; final String string = "http://200.175.79.171:8000/;stream.nsv\n" + "http://162.221.185.250:9314\n" + "http://radio2.suaradionanet.net:8044/;stream.mp3\n" + "http://centova2.euroti.com.br:8443/stream\n" + "http://sc4.dnip.com.br:11260\n" + "http://c1.fabricahost.com.br:8092/stream\n" + "http://rvn01.estudioproarte.com.br:8444/stream\n" + "http://wz4.dnip.com.br/fmpontao/fmpontao.stream/playlist.m3u8\n" + "http://stm8.xcast.com.br:9770/\n" + "http://209.126.127.125:8348/live\n" + "http://stm7.pagehost.com.br:27292/;?1508412260756\n" + "http://69.162.64.252:8692/live\n" + "http://rvn01.painelstream.net:8638\n" + "http://2.stm-ip.com:8578/;stream.mp3\n" + "http://stm51.streamingbage.net.br:18164\n" + "http://audio1.cmaudioevideo.com:8346/stream\n" + "http://radio.radionaturezafm.com.br:9994\n" + "http://srv-stream.sisdera.com:8000/SOCIEDADECARNAVA\n" + "http://stm1.srvaudio.com.br:9422/;type=mp3\n" + "https://streaming.speedrs.com.br/radio/8050/jaboticaba\n" + "http://hts03.kshost.com.br:8014/live"; 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