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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 single character of: a, b, c or d
    [[ab][cd]]
  • 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]
  • Character class intersection
    [\w&&[^\d]]
  • 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 = "(\\d+[-|/]\\d+[-|/]\\d+\\s\\S+)\\s+(\\w+)\\s+([^:]+):\\s+(.+)*"; final String string = "2023-02-23 19:27:02 WARN SparkDriver(183): 是否使用testGo模式？false testGo模式下忽略命令行-b参数.\n" + "2023-02-23 19:27:02 WARN SparkDriver(359): 命令行参数(cmdOption):{a=de_boardHistory, b=boardHistory, g=[loadToAdb=false, upsert=true, etlDate=20230222], w=null}\n" + "2023-02-23 19:27:02 INFO ConfigOption(111): 加载本地配置文件(local.config)，覆盖项目配置\n" + "2023-02-23 19:27:02 INFO ConfigOption(78): 提取命令行(cmdOption)相同key，覆盖项目配置\n" + "2023-02-23 19:27:02 WARN SparkDriver(183): 项目配置(configOption)重要参数:{cluster=true, test=false, projectName=ATLAS-ETL...\n" + "23/02/23 20:03:25 WARN [Driver] SparkUtil: /---------------------------------------*\n" + "23/02/23 20:03:25 WARN [Driver] SparkUtil: * SparkDiver *\n" + "23/02/23 20:03:25 WARN [Driver] SparkUtil: * <spark-2.4.7, scala-2.11> *\n" + "23/02/23 20:03:25 WARN [Driver] SparkUtil: *---------------------------------------*/\n" + "23/02/23 20:03:25 INFO [Driver] SparkUtil: init spark...\n" + "23/02/23 20:03:25 INFO [Driver] SparkUtil: localTest: false"; 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