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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 single character of: a, b, c or d
    [[ab][cd]]
  • 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]
  • Character class intersection
    [\w&&[^\d]]
  • 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
  • Match everything enclosed
    (?:...)
  • Capture everything enclosed
    (...)
  • 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 = "^(?<scheme>[a-zA-Z][a-zA-Z0-9-+.]*)://(?:(?<username>(?:[\\w-]|%\\d\\d)+)(?::(?<passwd>(?:[\\w-]|%\\d\\d)*))?@)?(?<host>(?:[a-zA-Z][a-zA-Z0-9-]*\\.?)+|\\d{1,3}\\.\\d{1,3}\\.\\d{1,3}\\.\\d{1,3})(?<port>:\\d+)?(?<path>(?:/(?:[\\w-.:]|%\\d\\d)+)+/?|/)?(?<query>\\?(?:(?:[\\w-]|%\\d\\d)+(?:=[\\w]+)?(?:&|$))*)?(?<fragment>#.*)?$"; final String string = "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Uniform_Resource_Identifier#Syntax\n" + "(↑ assuming URL, not URI; the only difference is that the host is mandatory)\n\n" + "https://regex101.com/\n" + "https://e./\n" + "https://org.\n" + "https://elearning.tgm.ac.at/pluginfile.php/297744/mod_resource/content/0/SEW5_UML_Einfuehrung.pdf\n" + "https://elearning.tgm.ac.at/mod/page/view.php?id%40_-ae=212356\n" + "https://elearning.tgm.ac.at/mod/assign/view.php?id=212239\n" + "https://elearning.tgm.ac.at/course/view.php?id=5454&section=4\n" + "nonstandardscheme://is.still.valid\n" + "http://he.e/?\n" + "https://hy.a?a\n" + "http://h.?a&b&c=a\n" + "https://e.o.a.\n" + "http://0riedler:0%20tab-a_sco@riedler.a.wien/\n" + "http://emptypasswd:@riedler.wien/\n" + "http://a.e:33/\n" + "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Hauptseite\n" + "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Preiselbeersauce#Zubereitung\n" + "https://toptoptoptoptoptoptoptoptoptoptoptoptoptoptoptoptoptoptoptop.top/\n" + "https://9.9.9.9/ipv4\n" + "https://2620:fe::fe/ipv6\n" + "ipv6 addresses are their own source of evil, not implementing those for now"; 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