Regular Expressions 101

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  • All Tokens
  • Common Tokens
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  • Anchors
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  • 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

Regular Expression
No Match

r"
"
g

Test String

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Generated Code

import java.util.regex.Matcher; import java.util.regex.Pattern; public class Example { public static void main(String[] args) { final String regex = "(?:(?<=^)|(?<=\\s))((?:2[0-5][0-5]|1[0-9][0-9]|[1-9][0-9]|[0-9])(?:\\.(?:2[0-5][0-5]|1[0-9][0-9]|[1-9][0-9]|[0-9])){3})(?=\\s|$)"; final String string = "IP Address:\n" + "93.114.205.169\n" + "0.0.0.0\n" + "0.0.0.0\n" + "10.10.10.10\n" + "99.99.99.99\n" + "199.199.199.199\n" + "255.255.255.255\n" + "256.256.256.256\n" + "02.02.02.02\n" + "111.222.13.255\n" + "1.2.3.4\n" + "1.2.3.4.5\n" + "11.22.33.44\n" + "11.22.33.44.55\n" + "255.0.1.254\n" + "255.0.1.254\n" + "In a text 255.0.1.254 there is an IP address\n" + "In a text 10.10.10.10 there is an IP address\n" + "In a text 93.114.205.169 there is an IP address\n\n" + "Domain:\n" + "example.com\n" + "https://sub5-7.example.com/\n" + "https://sub5-7.example.com\n" + "sub.sub2.example.com\n" + "www.example.com\n" + "https://sub.example.com\n" + "http://example.com\n" + "ftp://sub.mit-example222.com\n" + "In a text www.example.com there is an domain.\n" + "In a text https://sub5-7.example.com there is an domain.\n" + "In a text www.example.com there is an domain.\n\n" + "URL\n" + "93.114.205.169/path\n" + "example.com/path\n" + "sub.example.com/path\n" + "93.114.205.169/path\n" + "https://sub5-7.example.com/\n" + "http://example.com/\n" + "example.com/\n" + "sub.example.com/\n" + "www.--example.com/\n" + "www.examp--le.com/\n" + "www.example.co/\n" + "www.example.c/\n" + "example.com/path\n" + "sub.example.com/path\n" + "sub.example.com/path\n" + "sub.example.com/path\n" + "sub.example.com/path/path/path/p/a/q/1$%h\n" + "sub.example.com/path/path/path/p/a/q/1$%1fh\n" + "sub.example.com/path/path/%aa%1f%3dpath/p/a/q/1$%1fh\n" + "https://sub.example.com/path/path\n" + "http://sub.example.com/path/path\n" + "http://something.com/#$SLJFHsdq32908432098=!~abc\n" + "In a text example.com/path there is an URL path.\n" + "In a text www.example.com/path there is an URL path.\n" + "In a text www.blog.example.com/path there is an URL path.\n" + "In a text sub.example.com/paththere is an URL path.\n" + "In a text sub.example.com/path/path/path/p/a/q/1$%h there is an URL path.\n" + "In a text sub.example.com/path/path/path/p/a/q/ there is an URL path.\n"; final Pattern pattern = Pattern.compile(regex); 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