Regular Expressions 101

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  • All Tokens
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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 = "\\b[\\w-]+(?:\\.[\\w-]+){2,}\\b"; final String string = "Received: by with SMTP id gx4so163592215ieb.1\n" + " for mail-ie0-x247.google.com <myemailaddress@gmail.com>; Mon, 01 Jun mail-ie0-x247.google.com 2015 18:34:50 -0700 (PDT)\n\n" + "max.google.com\n" + "Received: from localhost (localhost.localdomain [127.0.0.1])\n" + "by mail.server.com (Postfix) with ESMTP id 822B1190A4AF\n" + "for <alex@example.com>; Tue, 17 Feb 2015 13:13:54 +0000 (UTC)\n\n\n" + "Received: from [x.x.x.x] by mail.kampl.com (Cipher TLSv1.2:AES-SHA:128) (MDaemon PRO v15.0.1)\n\n" + "b-app05-06.boldchat.com\n" + "ns126a.ba1.enops.net\n" + "ms-out.evernote.com \n" + "obeml1.aerlingus.com\n" + "NHQSDFEXCHUB01.nam.coair.com\n" + "ncsmcexchub01.nam.coair.com\n" + "o1.em.thetaoofbadass.com\n\n" + "b-app05-06.boldchat.com\n" + "ns126a.ba1.enops.net\n" + "NHQSDFEXCHUB01.nam.coair.com\n" + "ncsmcexchub01.nam.coair.com\n\n" + "mta2l1.trans.r.grouponmail.co.uk\n" + "---...---.--.--.---."; 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