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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/
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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 = "(?i)(?(DEFINE)(?<proto>(?:https?:)?\\/\\/)(?<port>:[0-9]{2,5})(?<tld>(?:a(?:[cd]|e(?:ro)?|[fgil-oqr]|s(?:ia)?|[tuwxz])|b(?:[abd-h]|iz?|[jl-oq-tvwyz])|c(?:at?|[cdf-ik-n]|o(?:m|op)?|[ru-z])|d[ejkmoz]|e[ceghr-u]|f[i-kmor]|g[abd-il-np-uwy]|h[kmnrtu]|i(?:[delm]|n(?:fo|t)?|[oq-t])|j(?:[em]|o(?:bs)?|p)|k[eg-imnprwyz]|l[a-cikr-vy]|m(?:[ac-hk]|lc?|[mn]|o(?:bi)?|[p-t]|u(?:seum)?|[v-z])|n(?:a(?:me)?|c|et?|[fgilopruz])|o(?:m|rg)|p(?:[ae-hk-n]|ost|ro?|[stwy])|qa|r[eosuw]|s(?:[a-eg-or]|t(?:udio)?|[uvx-z])|t(?:[cd]|el|[f-hj-p]|r(?:avel)?|[tvwz])|u[agkmsyz]|v[aceginu]|w[fs]|y[et]|z[amw]))(?<path>(\\/(?:[a-z0-9+%-]\\.?)+)*\\/?)(?<query>\\?[a-z+&$_.-][a-z0-9;:@&%=+\\/.-]*)(?<hash>\\#[a-z_.-][a-z0-9+$%_.-]*)(?<subdomain>[a-z0-9\\-\\.]+\\.)(?<yt_domain>(?:www\\.)?(?:youtube\\.com|youtu\\.be)\\/)(?<yt_hash>(?:[\\w-]{10,12})+)(?<yt_video>(?&proto)?(?&yt_domain)+(?:watch)?(?:\\/embed\\/|\\?v=)+(?&yt_hash)+))((?&yt_video).*(*SKIP)(*FAIL)|(?&proto)?(?&subdomain)(?&tld)(?&port)?(?&path)?(?&query)?(?&hash)?)"; final String string = "Lines which should be partially or fully matched:\n\n\n" + "http:www.google.com/\n" + " http//www.google.com/\n" + "http://www.google.com/\n" + " ://www.google.com/\n" + " www.google.com/\n" + " www.google.com:8000\n" + " www.google.com/?key=value\n" + " github.io\n" + " www.google.com/abc/def/ijk#123\n" + " www.google.com/abc/def/ijk?v=123123123\n" + " www.google.com/abc/def/watch?v=1231231231\n" + "https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCgeu2xe0XRscaKyvBt3WgmQ\n" + "http://www.google.com/?key=value\n" + "http://www.youtube.com/ \n\n" + "However, it should skip (do not match lines) which contain youtube video ID):\n\n\n" + "http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B5Gj78s6H7w&feature=youtu.be\n" + "https://www.youtube.com/embed/y19EaW2X7ac\n" + " music.youtube.com/embed/y19EaW2X7ac\n" + "https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B5Gj78s6H7w&feature=youtu.be\n" + "https://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=youtu.be&v=B5Gj78s6H7w\n" + "https://www.youtu.be/B5Gj78s6H7w&feature=youtu.be\n" + "https://www.youtu.be/B5Gj78s6H7w\n"; 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