Regular Expressions 101

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  • All Tokens
  • Common Tokens
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  • Anchors
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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

Regular Expression
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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{6}\\s*([^\\t]*?)\\s*\\t\\s*([^\\t]*)\\s*s0(\\d{6})@htw-berlin.de.*"; final String string = "\n" + "Nr MtkNr Name Vorname Email Studiengang Fachsemester Status\n" + " 1: 546254 Adiputro Axel Ferris s0546254@htw-berlin.de Bachelor IMI (B) H Wintersem. 2011 7 angemeldet \n" + " 2: 560996 Rachmatullah Fathoni s0560996@htw-berlin.de Bachelor IMI (B) H Wintersem. 2011 6 angemeldet \n" + " 3: 561110 Shcherban Oksana s0561110@htw-berlin.de Bachelor IMI (B) H Wintersem. 2011 10 angemeldet \n" + " 4: 569153 Wanat Philipp s0569153@htw-berlin.de Bachelor IMI (B) H Wintersem. 2011 6 angemeldet \n" + " 5: 572928 Staats Martin s0572928@htw-berlin.de Bachelor IMI (B) H Wintersem. 2011 7 angemeldet \n" + " 6: 573033 Trinh Quynh Vi Ngoc s0573033@htw-berlin.de Bachelor IMI (B) H Wintersem. 2011 4 angemeldet \n" + " 7: 574074 Baliev Krist s0574074@htw-berlin.de Bachelor IMI (B) H Wintersem. 2011 3 angemeldet \n" + " 8: 575428 Seidel Richard s0575428@htw-berlin.de Bachelor IMI (B) H Wintersem. 2011 4 angemeldet \n" + " 9: 575695 Valentin Leonard s0575695@htw-berlin.de Bachelor IMI (B) H Wintersem. 2011 4 angemeldet \n" + " 10: 575730 Schuldt Jonah-Sophie s0575730@htw-berlin.de Bachelor IMI (B) H Wintersem. 2011 4 angemeldet \n" + " 11: 575754 Blank Maximilian s0575754@htw-berlin.de Bachelor IMI (B) H Wintersem. 2011 4 angemeldet \n" + " 12: 575868 Klingberg Paul s0575868@htw-berlin.de Bachelor IMI (B) H Wintersem. 2011 4 angemeldet \n" + " 13: 576962 Strecker Ralf s0576962@htw-berlin.de Master IMI (M) H Wintersem. 2016 3 angemeldet \n" + " 14: 540347 Redanz René s0540347@htw-berlin.de Bachelor IMI (B) H Wintersem. 2011 4 zugelassen \n" + " 15: 549481 Müller Nadja s0549481@htw-berlin.de Bachelor IMI (B) H Wintersem. 2011 15 zugelassen \n" + " 16: 550246 Ramadhan Irfan s0550246@htw-berlin.de Bachelor IMI (B) H Wintersem. 2011 7 zugelassen \n" + " 17: 562212 Haseloff Moritz s0562212@htw-berlin.de Bachelor IMI (B) H Wintersem. 2011 10 zugelassen \n" + " 18: 564500 Voitel Justin s0564500@htw-berlin.de Bachelor IMI (B) H Wintersem. 2011 8 zugelassen \n" + " 19: 565517 Ha Le s0565517@htw-berlin.de Bachelor IMI (B) H Wintersem. 2011 7 zugelassen \n" + " 20: 565873 Al Mohamad Hasan s0565873@htw-berlin.de Bachelor IMI (B) H Wintersem. 2011 8 zugelassen \n" + " 21: 566367 Baloska Diro s0566367@htw-berlin.de Bachelor IMI (B) H Wintersem. 2011 8 zugelassen \n" + " 22: 568194 Kolev Dimitar s0568194@htw-berlin.de Bachelor IMI (B) H Wintersem. 2011 7 zugelassen \n" + " 23: 568851 Springborn Kevin s0568851@htw-berlin.de Bachelor IMI (B) H Wintersem. 2011 7 zugelassen \n" + " 24: 568927 Solihin Martin Christian s0568927@htw-berlin.de Bachelor IMI (B) H Wintersem. 2011 7 zugelassen \n" + " 25: 570766 Alkhodor Salim s0570766@htw-berlin.de Bachelor IMI (B) H Wintersem. 2011 6 zugelassen \n" + " 26: 571336 Hedemann Katja Gertrud s0571336@htw-berlin.de Bachelor IMI (B) H Wintersem. 2011 6 zugelassen \n" + " 27: 572745 Pötsch Michelle s0572745@htw-berlin.de Bachelor IMI (B) H Wintersem. 2011 5 zugelassen \n" + " 28: 572933 Siewertsen Paul s0572933@htw-berlin.de Bachelor IMI (B) H Wintersem. 2011 4 zugelassen \n" + " 29: 573063 Unverzagt Laura Laetitia s0573063@htw-berlin.de Bachelor IMI (B) H Wintersem. 2011 5 zugelassen \n" + " 30: 574153 Hahn Hendrik s0574153@htw-berlin.de Bachelor IMI (B) H Wintersem. 2011 4 zugelassen \n" + " 31: 575518 Hintze Carolin s0575518@htw-berlin.de Bachelor IMI (B) H Wintersem. 2011 4 zugelassen \n" + " 32: 575888 Katysheva Daria s0575888@htw-berlin.de Bachelor IMI (B) H Wintersem. 2011 7 zugelassen \n" + " 33: 575923 Lüdecke Lukas Daniel s0575923@htw-berlin.de Bachelor IMI (B) H Wintersem. 2011 4 zugelassen "; 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