Regular Expressions 101

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  • All Tokens
  • Common Tokens
  • General Tokens
  • Anchors
  • Meta Sequences
  • Quantifiers
  • Group Constructs
  • Character Classes
  • Flags/Modifiers
  • 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
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mg

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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 = "Name;inst_type;Position;Currency;cftype;amount;tenor;fwterm;compoundtype;resetterm;histrates;sdate;edate;fwdate;callput;capfloor;strike;vola;volavalue;ulspot;ulspotvalue;divcurve;cleanflag;fixrate;compfr;dayc;refindex;spread;floatfactor;paystart;payend;annuity;amortizingtype;cgm;resrate;nextrate;isprorated;rolldate;rollday;islongstub;isarrear;payrule;paydays;paycal;resrule;resdays;rescal;isfixcoupon;spreadcurve;cds_spread_value;recovrate;payoutrate;payrec;creditspread;disc;\"C\"\"F\"\n" + "Bond1;;1;EUR;2;100;6M;;;;;01.09.2007;01.09.2010;;;;;;;;;;;0,0625;1;1;;;;0;100;;;1;;;1;01.06.2008;;1;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;IR-EUR;\"2;01062008;100;0;0.0625;;01092007;01062008\";\"2;01122008;100;0;0.0625;;01062008;01122008\";\"2;01062009;100;0;0.0625;;01122008;01062009\";\"2;01122009;100;0;0.0625;;01062009;01122009\";\"2;01092010;100;0;0.0625;;01122009;01092010\";\"1;01092010;100\";\n" + "Bond2;;1;EUR;2;100;6M;;;;;01.09.2007;01.09.2010;;;;;;;;;;;0,0625;1;1;;;;0;100;;;-1;;;1;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;IR-EUR;\"2;01092010;100;0;0.0625;;01032010;01092010\";\"2;01032010;100;0;0.0625;;01092009;01032010\";\"2;01092009;100;0;0.0625;;01032009;01092009\";\"2;01032009;100;0;0.0625;;01092008;01032009\";\"2;01092008;100;0;0.0625;;01032008;01092008\";\"2;01032008;100;0;0.0625;;01092007;01032008\";\"1;01092010;100\";"; 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