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 = "(?<date>\\d{4}-\\d{2}-\\d{2}T\\d{2}:\\d{2}:\\d{2}.\\d{3}Z)\\s+(?<src>\\w+)\\s+CEF:(?<version>\\d+)\\|(?<device_vendor>\\w+)\\|(?<device_product>\\w+)\\|(?<device_version>[\\d.]*)\\|(?<signature_id>[\\w\\d]*)"; final String string = "2018-12-13T10:25:52.647Z imdgnparser01 CEF:0|MCAS|SIEM_Agent|0.138.173|EVENT_CATEGORY_AZURE_OPERATION|Azure operation|0|externalId=ffc53f2d8811bde87ee94bb86dc062442ec48df5303dd262e424ceeeecba8f91 rt=1544696752647 start=1544696752647 end=1544696752647 msg=ListAccountSas StorageAccounts: resource phastneprd02 - Started suser=11c174dc-1945-4a9a-a36b-c79a0f246b9b destinationServiceName=Microsoft Azure dvc=13.94.250.141 requestClientApplication= cs1Label=portalURL cs1=https://starsweb.eu2.portal.cloudappsecurity.com/#/audits?activity.id\\=eq(ffc53f2d8811bde87ee94bb86dc062442ec48df5303dd262e424ceeeecba8f91,) cs2Label=uniqueServiceAppIds cs2=APPID_AZURE cs3Label=targetObjects cs3=phastneprd02,Microsoft.Storage/storageAccounts,DWH_DataPlatform,,Operation status,Windows Azure Application Insights cs4Label=policyIDs cs4= c6a1Label=\"Device IPv6 Address\" c6a1=#015"; final Pattern pattern = Pattern.compile(regex); final Matcher matcher = pattern.matcher(string); if (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