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  • All Tokens
  • Common Tokens
  • General Tokens
  • Anchors
  • Meta Sequences
  • Quantifiers
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  • 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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/
gm

Test String

Substitution

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Code Generator

Generated Code

import java.util.regex.Matcher; import java.util.regex.Pattern; public class Example { public static void main(String[] args) { final String regex = "\\(((pro\\b)(( +[^)])([^ )]*))?(( +[^)])([^ )]*))?(( +[^)])([^ )]*))?(( +[^)])([^ )]*))?(( +[^)])([^ )]*))?(( +[^)])([^ )]*))? *|(.*?))\\)"; final String string = "4377631753733131 (pro alber con tr33)\n" + "886uhghsdfdsfh (pro cios tui tr32)\n" + "rtyqrey 6y46457 6372576 (Flrt ghnap tsr)\n" + "537657QQRFytyvg (flipzz Reyhdf frfg33)\n\n" + "4377631753733131 (pro alber con tr33 alber con tr33) (flipzz Reyhdf frfg33) (Foo pro bar pro cios tui tr32)\n" + "537657QQRFytyvg (pro foo ))\n\n" + "I would like all words after \"pro\" to be capitalized. If \"pro\" is not present, all words in the brackets must be lowercase, for have :\n\n" + "4377631753733131 (pro Alber Con Tr33)\n" + "886uhghsdfdsfh (pro Cios Tui Tr32)\n" + "rtyqrey 6y46457 6372576 (flrt ghnap tsr)\n" + "537657QQRFytyvg (flipzz reyhdf frfg33)"; final String subst = "(${2}\\U${4}\\L${5}\\U${7}\\L${8}\\U${10}\\L${11}\\U${13}\\L${14}\\U${16}\\L${17}\\U${19}\\L${20}\\L${21})"; 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