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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"
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gm

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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 = "(?:(?<=^)|(?<=\\D))((00|\\+)?55(\\s|\\.|-)*)?((\\()?0?\\d{2}(?(5)\\)|)(\\s|\\.|-)*)?(9(\\s|\\.|-)*)?\\d{4}(\\s|\\.|-)*\\d{4}(?=\\D|$)"; final String string = "98993132\n" + "9899-3132\n" + "9899.3132\n" + "9899 3132\n" + "7198993132\n" + "719899-3132\n" + "719899.3132\n" + "719899 3132\n" + "71 98993132\n" + "71 9899-3132\n" + "71 9899.3132\n" + "71 9899 3132\n" + "071 98993132\n" + "071 9899-3132\n" + "071 9899.3132\n" + "071 9899 3132\n" + "(71)98993132\n" + "(71)9899-3132\n" + "(71)9899.3132\n" + "(71)9899 3132\n" + "(71) 98993132\n" + "(71) 9899-3132\n" + "(71) 9899.3132\n" + "(071) 9899 3132\n" + "(071) 98993132\n" + "(071) 9899-3132\n" + "(071) 9899.3132\n" + "(071) 9899 3132\n" + "557198993132\n" + "55719899-3132\n" + "55719899.3132\n" + "55719899 3132\n" + "5571 98993132\n" + "5571 9899-3132\n" + "5571 9899.3132\n" + "5571 9899 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"======== no matches ==========\n" + "41650-010\n" + "123.456.789-00\n" + "123456789-00"; 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