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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

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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 = "^(?P<major>\\d+)(?:\\.(?P<minor>\\d+)(?:\\.(?P<build>\\d+)(?:\\.(?P<revision>\\d+))?)?)?(?:-(?P<prerelease>\\w+)(?:[-\\.](?P<version>\\d+))?)?$"; final String string = "1.0.10123.0\n" + "1.0.10123.0-preview\n" + "1.0.10123.0-beta-1\n" + "1.0.10123.0-beta.2\n" + "0.9-beta-2\n" + "2.1.0\n" + "2.1.1\n" + "2.1.1-preview\n" + "2.1.1-beta.1\n" + "2.1.1-rc-4\n" + "1.8.9\n" + "2.5.1\n" + "5.2.1\n" + "6.5\n\n" + "11.5\n" + "1.16\n" + "5.4.1.1\n" + "5.4.1.1\n" + "5.4.1.1\n" + "1.4\n" + "1.4.2\n" + "1.9.1.8\n" + "1.6.37\n" + "3.1\n\n" + "15\n\n" + "2\n\n" + "15.112.1\n" + "15.112.1\n" + "15.112.1\n" + "15.112.1\n" + "15.112.1\n" + "15.112.1\n" + "15.112.1\n" + "15.112.1\n" + "15.112.1\n" + "15.112.1\n" + "15.112.1\n" + "15\n" + "15.112.1\n" + "15.112.1\n" + "15.112.1\n" + "17.14.15\n" + "17.14.15\n" + "17.8.8\n" + "1.1.2\n" + "1.1.2\n" + "1.1.1\n" + "15\n" + "13.0.3\n" + "5.4\n" + "15.0.2\n" + "15.0.2\n" + "15.0.2\n" + "15\n" + "1.3.6\n" + "1.1.1\n" + "8.5.2\n" + "3.0.0\n" + "9.0.107\n" + "9.0.537\n" + "9.0.537\n" + "9.0.537\n" + "4.2.0\n" + "9.0.0\n" + "9.0.1\n" + "9.0.0\n" + "6.0.0\n" + "3.0.0\n" + "7.0.0\n" + "3.0.0\n" + "1.8.11\n\n\n" + "1.0.119\n" + "5.2.3\n\n\n" + "6.1\n" + "6.1\n" + "22\n" + "1\n" + "1.0.3240.44\n" + "3.5.5\n" + "3.5.5-preview\n" + "3.5.5-preview.1\n" + "3.5.5-preview-2\n" + "3.2\n" + "3.2-beta"; 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