Regular Expressions 101

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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 = "jh[\"(.*)\"]"; final String string = "jh[\"S13856A\"] = [[1,19,1,0,1,0,1,1,0,1,0],[2,271,1,0,1,0,1,1,0,1,0],[3,451,1,0,1,0,1,1,0,1,0],[4,15175,1,0,1,0,1,1,0,1,0]];\n" + "jh[\"S13856B\"] = [[1,1419,1,1,0,0,2,1,1,3,0],[2,529,1,0,1,0,1,1,0,1,0],[3,463,1,0,1,0,1,1,0,1,0],[4,712,1,0,0,1,1,2,-1,0,0]];\n" + "jh[\"S13856C\"] = [[1,84,1,1,0,0,7,0,7,3,0],[2,26,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0],[3,128,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0],[4,70,1,0,0,1,0,7,-7,0,0]];\n" + "jh[\"S13856D\"] = [[1,88,1,1,0,0,5,0,5,3,0],[2,109,1,1,0,0,1,0,1,3,0],[3,254,1,0,0,1,0,1,-1,0,0],[4,429,1,0,0,1,0,5,-5,0,0]];\n" + "jh[\"S13856E\"] = [[1,33,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0],[2,165,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0],[3,197,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0],[4,407,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]];\n" + "jh[\"S13856F\"] = [[1,82,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0],[2,99,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0],[3,466,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0],[4,659,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]];\n" + "jh[\"S13856G\"] = [[1,59,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0],[2,148,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0],[3,227,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0],[4,468,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]];\n" + "jh[\"S13856H\"] = [[1,86,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0],[2,166,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0],[3,205,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0],[4,653,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]];\n" + "jh[\"G13856A\"] ="; 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