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  • All Tokens
  • Common Tokens
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  • Anchors
  • Meta Sequences
  • Quantifiers
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  • Character Classes
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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

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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 = "<a\\shref=\"\\/vn\\/tags\\/.*?\">(?P<tags>.*?)<\\/a>"; final String string = "<ul class=\"clearfix\"><li><span class=\"tagBoxTitle\">Từ khóa: </span></li><li><a href=\"/vn/tags/Th%E1%BB%B1c%20ph%E1%BA%A9m/index.html\">Thực phẩm</a>,&nbsp;</li><li><a href=\"/vn/tags/gi%C3%A1-c%E1%BA%A3/index.html\">giá-cả</a>,&nbsp;</li><li><a href=\"/vn/tags/h%C3%A0ng-ti%C3%AAu-d%C3%B9ng/index.html\">hàng-tiêu-dùng</a>,&nbsp;</li><li><a href=\"/vn/tags/gi%E1%BA%A3m-gi%C3%A1/index.html\">giảm-giá</a>,&nbsp;</li><li><a href=\"/vn/tags/c%C6%B0%E1%BB%9Bc-v%E1%BA%ADn-t%E1%BA%A3i/index.html\">cước-vận-tải</a>,&nbsp;</li><li><a href=\"/vn/tags/gi%C3%A1-x%C4%83ng/index.html\">giá-xăng</a>,&nbsp;</li><li><a href=\"/vn/tags/x%C4%83ng-d%E1%BA%A7u/index.html\">xăng-dầu</a>,&nbsp;</li><li><a href=\"/vn/tags/h%C3%A0ng-h%C3%B3a/index.html\">hàng-hóa</a>,&nbsp;</li><li><a href=\"/vn/tags/CPI/index.html\">CPI</a>,&nbsp;</li><li><a href=\"/vn/tags/T%E1%BA%BFt-nguy%C3%AAn-%C4%91%C3%A1n/index.html\">Tết-nguyên-đán</a></li></ul>"; 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