import java.util.regex.Matcher;
import java.util.regex.Pattern;
public class Example {
public static void main(String[] args) {
final String regex = "\\b[^.]+\\([^()]+\\b(\\d{2}|\\d{4})\\s*\\)[^.]*\\.";
final String string = "Abc def ghi (foo 2015).\n\n"
+ "Trondheim is a small city with a university and 140000 inhabitants. Its central bus systems has 42 bus lines, serving 590 stations, with 1900 (departures per) day in average. T h a t gives approximately 60000 scheduled bus station passings per day, which is somehow represented in the route data base. The starting point is to automate the function (Garry Weber, 2005) of a route information agent.\n\n"
+ "Abc def ghi (foo 2015).\n\n"
+ "Abc def ghi (foo 201).";
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