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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
  • 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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"
g

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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-Z][a-z]+(\\s[A-Z][a-z]+)*)"; final String string = "127.0.0.1 Amigo 30.08.2012 16:08:13 LOGIN OK\n" + "192.168.100.2 Vasya Pupkin 30.08.2012 16:08:40 DONE_TASK 15 OK\n" + "146.34.15.5 Eduard Petrovich Morozko 13.09.2013 5:04:50 DOWNLOAD_PLUGIN OK\n" + "127.0.0.1 Eduard Petrovich Morozko 11.12.2013 10:11:12 WRITE_MESSAGE FAILED\n" + "146.34.15.5 Eduard Petrovich Morozko 12.12.2013 21:56:30 WRITE_MESSAGE OK\n" + "146.34.15.5 Eduard Petrovich Morozko 03.01.2014 03:45:23 LOGIN OK\n" + "192.168.100.2 Vasya Pupkin 30.01.2014 12:56:22 SOLVE_TASK 18 ERROR\n" + "127.0.0.1 Vasya Pupkin 14.11.2015 07:08:01 WRITE_MESSAGE OK\n" + "192.168.100.2 Vasya Pupkin 19.03.2016 00:00:00 SOLVE_TASK 1 OK\n" + "146.34.15.5 Eduard Petrovich Morozko 05.01.2021 20:22:55 DONE_TASK 48 FAILED\n" + "127.0.0.1 Vasya Pupkin 14.10.2021 11:38:21 LOGIN OK\n" + "12.12.12.12 Amigo 21.10.2021 19:45:25 SOLVE_TASK 18 OK\n" + "120.120.120.122 Amigo 29.2.2028 5:4:7 SOLVE_TASK 18 OK"; 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