import java.util.regex.Matcher;
import java.util.regex.Pattern;
public class Example {
public static void main(String[] args) {
final String regex = "<p>(.*?)<\\/p>.*?<span>((?!CHEESE).*?)<\\/span>.*?<\\/div>";
final String string = "<div><p>HELLO1</p>\n"
+ " <span>SPIDER</span></div>\n"
+ " <div><p>HELLO2</p>\n"
+ " <span>CHEESE</span></div>\n"
+ " <div><p>HELLO3</p>\n"
+ " <span>BANANA</span></div>";
final Pattern pattern = Pattern.compile(regex, Pattern.MULTILINE | Pattern.DOTALL);
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