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

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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 = "\"width\"\\s*:\\s*(?'width'\\d+).+?\"height\"\\s*:\\s*(?'height'\\d+).+?\"url\"\\s*:\\s*\\\"(?'url'.+?)\""; final String string = "<pre>#34;, \"createdAt\": \"2018-07-30T13:33:21.373947\"}, {\"uid\": \"c442c352934545b183e16ce9aebd91cb\", \"width\": 2048, \"options\": {\"format\": \"R\", \"quality\": 88}, \"updatedAt\": \"2018-08-01T17:51:24.738232\", \"height\": 2048, \"size\": 618478, \"url\": \"https://media.sketchfab.com/urls/ea1adc30399045a2b101e16ba65a856f/dist/textures/a4291782af5f4ce39e637c89ec91fa9b/c442c352934545b183e16ce9aebd91cb.jpeg\", \"createdAt\": \"2018-08-01T17:51:25.334608\"}, {\"uid\": \"84275b9d01b54836893e355991288c2f\", \"width\": 1024, \"options\": {\"format\": \"R\", \"quality\": 92}, \"updatedAt\": \"2018-08-01T17:51:25.341010\", \"height\": 1024, \"size\": 220485, \"url\": \"https://media.sketchfab.com/urls/ea1adc30399045a2b101e16ba65a856f/dist/textures/a4291782af5f4ce39e637c89ec91fa9b/84275b9d01b54836893e355991288c2f.jpeg\", \"createdAt\": \"2018-08-01T17:51:25.451079\"}, {\"uid\": \"88897653dc004ded9faee4eaf2fa0373\", \"width\": 512, \"options\": {\"format\": \"R\", \"quality\": 95}, \"updatedAt\": \"2018-08-01T17:51:25.456671\", \"height\": 512, \"size\": 83896, \"url\": \"https://media.sketchfab.com/urls/ea1adc30399045a2b101e16ba65a856f/dist/textures/a4291782af5f4ce39e637c89ec91fa9b/88897653dc004ded9faee4eaf2fa0373.jpeg\""; 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