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  • All Tokens
  • Common Tokens
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  • Anchors
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  • Quantifiers
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  • 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 = "(\\{\\\".*?:.*?\\\"\\})"; final String string = "<font size='1'><table class='xdebug-error xe-notice' dir='ltr' border='1' cellspacing='0' cellpadding='1'>\n" + " <tr><th align='left' bgcolor='#f57900' colspan=\"5\"><span style='background-color: #cc0000; color: #fce94f; font-size: x-large;'>( ! )</span> Notice: Undefined index: in C:\\wamp\\www\\form.php on line <i>464</i></th></tr>\n" + " <tr><th align='left' bgcolor='#e9b96e' colspan='5'>Call Stack</th></tr>\n" + " <tr><th align='center' bgcolor='#eeeeec'>#</th><th align='left' bgcolor='#eeeeec'>Time</th><th align='left' bgcolor='#eeeeec'>Memory</th><th align='left' bgcolor='#eeeeec'>Function</th><th align='left' bgcolor='#eeeeec'>Location</th></tr>\n" + " <tr><td bgcolor='#eeeeec' align='center'>1</td><td bgcolor='#eeeeec' align='center'>0.0008</td><td bgcolor='#eeeeec' align='right'>274560</td><td bgcolor='#eeeeec'>{main}( )</td><td title='C:\\wamp\\www\\Example\\wp-admin\\admin-ajax.php' bgcolor='#eeeeec'>..\\admin-ajax.php<b>:</b>0</td></tr>\n" + " <tr><td bgcolor='#eeeeec' align='center'>2</td><td bgcolor='#eeeeec' align='center'>0.8826</td><td bgcolor='#eeeeec' align='right'>38298888</td><td bgcolor='#eeeeec'>do_action( )</td><td title='C:\\wamp\\www\\Example\\wp-admin\\admin-ajax.php' bgcolor='#eeeeec'>..\\admin-ajax.php<b>:</b>85</td></tr>\n" + " <tr><td bgcolor='#eeeeec' align='center'>3</td><td bgcolor='#eeeeec' align='center'>0.8827</td><td bgcolor='#eeeeec' align='right'>38300392</td><td bgcolor='#eeeeec'><a href='http://www.php.net/function.call-user-func-array:{C:\\wamp\\www\\Example\\wp-includes\\plugin.php:505}' target='_new'>call_user_func_array:{C:\\wamp\\www\\Example\\wp-includes\\plugin.php:505}</a>\n" + " ( )</td><td title='C:\\wamp\\www\\Example\\wp-includes\\plugin.php' bgcolor='#eeeeec'>..\\plugin.php<b>:</b>505</td></tr>\n" + " <tr><td bgcolor='#eeeeec' align='center'>4</td><td bgcolor='#eeeeec' align='center'>0.8827</td><td bgcolor='#eeeeec' align='right'>38300560</td><td bgcolor='#eeeeec'>Example_Post->ajax_Example_posting_form( )</td><td title='C:\\wamp\\www\\Example\\wp-includes\\plugin.php' bgcolor='#eeeeec'>..\\plugin.php<b>:</b>505</td></tr>\n" + " <tr><td bgcolor='#eeeeec' align='center'>5</td><td bgcolor='#eeeeec' align='center'>0.8827</td><td bgcolor='#eeeeec' align='right'>38301552</td><td bgcolor='#eeeeec'>Example_Post->Example_form_submitting( )</td><td title='C:\\wamp\\www\\form.php' bgcolor='#eeeeec'>..\\Example-frontend-form.php<b>:</b>116</td></tr>\n" + "</table></font>\n" + "<br />\n" + "<font size='1'><table class='xdebug-error xe-notice' dir='ltr' border='1' cellspacing='0' cellpadding='1'>\n" + " <tr><th align='left' bgcolor='#f57900' colspan=\"5\"><span style='background-color: #cc0000; color: #fce94f; font-size: x-large;'>( ! )</span> Notice: Undefined index: name in C:\\wamp\\www\\form.php on line <i>475</i></th></tr>\n" + " <tr><th align='left' bgcolor='#e9b96e' colspan='5'>Call Stack</th></tr>\n" + " <tr><th align='center' bgcolor='#eeeeec'>#</th><th align='left' bgcolor='#eeeeec'>Time</th><th align='left' bgcolor='#eeeeec'>Memory</th><th align='left' bgcolor='#eeeeec'>Function</th><th align='left' bgcolor='#eeeeec'>Location</th></tr>\n" + " <tr><td bgcolor='#eeeeec' align='center'>1</td><td bgcolor='#eeeeec' align='center'>0.0008</td><td bgcolor='#eeeeec' align='right'>274560</td><td bgcolor='#eeeeec'>{main}( )</td><td title='C:\\wamp\\www\\Example\\wp-admin\\admin-ajax.php' bgcolor='#eeeeec'>..\\admin-ajax.php<b>:</b>0</td></tr>\n" + " <tr><td bgcolor='#eeeeec' align='center'>2</td><td bgcolor='#eeeeec' align='center'>0.8826</td><td bgcolor='#eeeeec' align='right'>38298888</td><td bgcolor='#eeeeec'>do_action( )</td><td title='C:\\wamp\\www\\Example\\wp-admin\\admin-ajax.php' bgcolor='#eeeeec'>..\\admin-ajax.php<b>:</b>85</td></tr>\n" + " <tr><td bgcolor='#eeeeec' align='center'>3</td><td bgcolor='#eeeeec' align='center'>0.8827</td><td bgcolor='#eeeeec' align='right'>38300392</td><td bgcolor='#eeeeec'><a href='http://www.php.net/function.call-user-func-array:{C:\\wamp\\www\\Example\\wp-includes\\plugin.php:505}' target='_new'>call_user_func_array:{C:\\wamp\\www\\Example\\wp-includes\\plugin.php:505}</a>\n" + " ( )</td><td title='C:\\wamp\\www\\Example\\wp-includes\\plugin.php' bgcolor='#eeeeec'>..\\plugin.php<b>:</b>505</td></tr>\n" + " <tr><td bgcolor='#eeeeec' align='center'>4</td><td bgcolor='#eeeeec' align='center'>0.8827</td><td bgcolor='#eeeeec' align='right'>38300560</td><td bgcolor='#eeeeec'>Example_Post->ajax_Example_posting_form( )</td><td title='C:\\wamp\\www\\Example\\wp-includes\\plugin.php' bgcolor='#eeeeec'>..\\plugin.php<b>:</b>505</td></tr>\n" + " <tr><td bgcolor='#eeeeec' align='center'>5</td><td bgcolor='#eeeeec' align='center'>0.8827</td><td bgcolor='#eeeeec' align='right'>38301552</td><td bgcolor='#eeeeec'>Example_Post->Example_form_submitting( )</td><td title='C:\\wamp\\www\\form.php' bgcolor='#eeeeec'>..\\Example-frontend-form.php<b>:</b>116</td></tr>\n" + "</table></font>\n" + "{\"redirect_to\":\"false\",\"show_message\":true,\"message\":\"<div class=\\\"notification alert-success\\\"><p>Post updated successfully<\\/p><a href=\\\"#\\\" class=\\\"close-btn\\\">\\u00d7<\\/a><\\/div><br \\/>\"}\n" + "<font size='1'><table class='xdebug-error xe-notice' dir='ltr' border='1' cellspacing='0' cellpadding='1'>\n" + " <tr><th align='left' bgcolor='#f57900' colspan=\"5\"><span style='background-color: #cc0000; color: #fce94f; font-size: x-large;'>( ! )</span> Notice: Undefined index: in C:\\wamp\\www\\form.php on line <i>464</i></th></tr>\n" + " <tr><th align='left' bgcolor='#e9b96e' colspan='5'>Call Stack</th></tr>\n" + " <tr><th align='center' bgcolor='#eeeeec'>#</th><th align='left' bgcolor='#eeeeec'>Time</th><th align='left' bgcolor='#eeeeec'>Memory</th><th align='left' bgcolor='#eeeeec'>Function</th><th align='left' bgcolor='#eeeeec'>Location</th></tr>\n" + " <tr><td bgcolor='#eeeeec' align='center'>1</td><td bgcolor='#eeeeec' align='center'>0.0008</td><td bgcolor='#eeeeec' align='right'>274560</td><td bgcolor='#eeeeec'>{main}( )</td><td title='C:\\wamp\\www\\Example\\wp-admin\\admin-ajax.php' bgcolor='#eeeeec'>..\\admin-ajax.php<b>:</b>0</td></tr>\n" + " <tr><td bgcolor='#eeeeec' align='center'>2</td><td bgcolor='#eeeeec' align='center'>0.8826</td><td bgcolor='#eeeeec' align='right'>38298888</td><td bgcolor='#eeeeec'>do_action( )</td><td title='C:\\wamp\\www\\Example\\wp-admin\\admin-ajax.php' bgcolor='#eeeeec'>..\\admin-ajax.php<b>:</b>85</td></tr>\n" + " <tr><td bgcolor='#eeeeec' align='center'>3</td><td bgcolor='#eeeeec' align='center'>0.8827</td><td bgcolor='#eeeeec' align='right'>38300392</td><td bgcolor='#eeeeec'><a href='http://www.php.net/function.call-user-func-array:{C:\\wamp\\www\\Example\\wp-includes\\plugin.php:505}' target='_new'>call_user_func_array:{C:\\wamp\\www\\Example\\wp-includes\\plugin.php:505}</a>\n" + " ( )</td><td title='C:\\wamp\\www\\Example\\wp-includes\\plugin.php' bgcolor='#eeeeec'>..\\plugin.php<b>:</b>505</td></tr>\n" + " <tr><td bgcolor='#eeeeec' align='center'>4</td><td bgcolor='#eeeeec' align='center'>0.8827</td><td bgcolor='#eeeeec' align='right'>38300560</td><td bgcolor='#eeeeec'>Example_Post->ajax_Example_posting_form( )</td><td title='C:\\wamp\\www\\Example\\wp-includes\\plugin.php' bgcolor='#eeeeec'>..\\plugin.php<b>:</b>505</td></tr>\n" + " <tr><td bgcolor='#eeeeec' align='center'>5</td><td bgcolor='#eeeeec' align='center'>0.8827</td><td bgcolor='#eeeeec' align='right'>38301552</td><td bgcolor='#eeeeec'>Example_Post->Example_form_submitting( )</td><td title='C:\\wamp\\www\\form.php' bgcolor='#eeeeec'>..\\Example-frontend-form.php<b>:</b>116</td></tr>\n" + "</table></font>"; 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