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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 = "<tr[^>]*>[^<]*<td[^>]*>(?<No>[^<]*)<[^>]*>[^>]*>(?<ID_dist>[^<]*)<\\/td>[^>]*>(?<Jmeno>[^<]*)<\\/td>[^>]*>(?<Tel_Home>[^<]*)<\\/td>[^>]*>(?<Tel_Buss>[^<]*)<\\/td>[^>]*>(?<Tel_mob>[^<]*)<\\/td>[^>]*>(?<Country>[^<]*)<\\/td>[^>]*><a[^>]*>(?<Email>[^<]*)[^<]*<\\/a>[^<]*<\\/td>[^>]*>(?<Levels>[^<]*)<\\/td>[^>]*>(?<Pozice>[^<]*)<\\/td>[^>]*>(?<Sponzor_ID>[^<]*)<\\/td>"; final String string = "\n" + " <!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC \"-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN\" \"http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd\">\n" + "<html xmlns=\"http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml\">\n" + "<head>\n" + "<meta http-equiv=\"Content-Type\" content=\"text/html; charset=utf-8\" />\n" + "<title>PBC - Distributors to be Renewed List</title>\n" + "<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Lifestyles PBC is an on-line tool to help our Distributors manage their business and achieve their goals.\" />\n" + "<meta name=\"keywords\" content=\"Lifestyles, Lifestyles International, Personal Business Center, PBC\"/>\n" + "<link href=\"css/en.css\" rel=\"stylesheet\" type=\"text/css\" />\n" + "</head>\n" + "<body bgcolor=\"#EAF4D1\" leftmargin=\"0\" topmargin=\"3\" marginwidth=\"0\" marginheight=\"0\">\n" + "<table border=\"0\" align=\"center\" cellpadding=\"1\" cellspacing=\"1\" bgcolor=\"#999999\">\n" + " <tr> <td height=\"33\" colspan=\"11\" align=\"center\" bgcolor=\"#FFFFFF\"><h2 style=\"margin: 10px\">Distributors to be Renewed List</h2>\n" + " <p style=\"margin: 10px\">Month: Nov. 2017</p></td>\n" + " </tr>\n" + " <tr>\n" + " <td height=\"27\" align=\"center\" bgcolor=\"#CCCCCC\"><strong>No.</strong></td>\n" + " <td height=\"27\" align=\"center\" bgcolor=\"#CCCCCC\"><strong>ID</strong></td>\n" + " <td height=\"27\" align=\"center\" bgcolor=\"#CCCCCC\"><strong>Name</strong></td>\n" + " <td align=\"center\" bgcolor=\"#CCCCCC\"><strong>Home Phone</strong></td>\n" + " <td align=\"center\" bgcolor=\"#CCCCCC\"><strong>Business Phone</strong></td>\n" + " <td align=\"center\" bgcolor=\"#CCCCCC\"><strong>Cell Phone</strong></td>\n" + " <td align=\"center\" bgcolor=\"#CCCCCC\"><strong>Country</strong></td>\n" + " <td align=\"center\" bgcolor=\"#CCCCCC\"><strong>Email</strong></td>\n" + " <td align=\"center\" bgcolor=\"#CCCCCC\"><strong>Levels</strong></td>\n" + " <td align=\"center\" bgcolor=\"#CCCCCC\"><strong>Rank</strong></td>\n" + " <td align=\"center\" bgcolor=\"#CCCCCC\"><strong>Sponsor</strong></td>\n" + " </tr>\n" + " <tr>\n" + " <td height=\"27\" align=\"center\" bgcolor=\"#FFFFFF\">1</td>\n" + " <td height=\"27\" align=\"center\" bgcolor=\"#FFFFFF\">98000204732</td>\n" + " <td height=\"27\" align=\"center\" bgcolor=\"#FFFFFF\">Pavel Kaleta</td>\n" + " <td align=\"center\" bgcolor=\"#FFFFFF\">420 773512280</td>\n" + " <td align=\"center\" bgcolor=\"#FFFFFF\"></td>\n" + " <td align=\"center\" bgcolor=\"#FFFFFF\"></td>\n" + " <td align=\"center\" bgcolor=\"#FFFFFF\">Czech Republic</td>\n" + " <td align=\"center\" bgcolor=\"#FFFFFF\"><a href=\"mailto:\"></a></td>\n" + " <td align=\"center\" bgcolor=\"#FFFFFF\">19</td>\n" + " <td align=\"center\" bgcolor=\"#FFFFFF\">Distributor</td>\n" + " <td align=\"center\" bgcolor=\"#FFFFFF\">80011630542</td>\n" + " </tr>\n" + " <tr>\n" + " <td height=\"27\" align=\"center\" bgcolor=\"#FFFFFF\">2</td>\n" + " <td height=\"27\" align=\"center\" bgcolor=\"#FFFFFF\">98000229140</td>\n" + " <td height=\"27\" align=\"center\" bgcolor=\"#FFFFFF\">Ivana Bilkova</td>\n" + " <td align=\"center\" bgcolor=\"#FFFFFF\">420 605934970</td>\n" + " <td align=\"center\" bgcolor=\"#FFFFFF\"></td>\n" + " <td align=\"center\" bgcolor=\"#FFFFFF\"></td>\n" + " <td align=\"center\" bgcolor=\"#FFFFFF\">Czech Republic</td>\n" + " <td align=\"center\" bgcolor=\"#FFFFFF\"><a href=\"mailto:ifcabilkova@seznam.cz\">ifcabilkova@seznam.cz</a></td>\n" + " <td align=\"center\" bgcolor=\"#FFFFFF\">20</td>\n" + " <td align=\"center\" bgcolor=\"#FFFFFF\">Distributor</td>\n" + " <td align=\"center\" bgcolor=\"#FFFFFF\">98000142059</td>\n" + " </tr>\n" + " <tr>\n" + " <td height=\"27\" align=\"center\" bgcolor=\"#FFFFFF\">3</td>\n" + " <td height=\"27\" align=\"center\" bgcolor=\"#FFFFFF\">98000229289</td>\n" + " <td height=\"27\" align=\"center\" bgcolor=\"#FFFFFF\">Martina Vitkovska</td>\n" + " <td align=\"center\" bgcolor=\"#FFFFFF\">420 606629784</td>\n" + " <td align=\"center\" bgcolor=\"#FFFFFF\"></td>\n" + " <td align=\"center\" bgcolor=\"#FFFFFF\"></td>\n" + " <td align=\"center\" bgcolor=\"#FFFFFF\">Czech Republic</td>\n" + " <td align=\"center\" bgcolor=\"#FFFFFF\"><a href=\"mailto:martinavitkovska@seznam.cz\">martinavitkovska@seznam.cz</a></td>\n" + " <td align=\"center\" bgcolor=\"#FFFFFF\">18</td>\n" + " <td align=\"center\" bgcolor=\"#FFFFFF\">Distributor</td>\n" + " <td align=\"center\" bgcolor=\"#FFFFFF\">13980242</td>\n" + " </tr>\n" + " <tr>\n" + " <td height=\"27\" align=\"center\" bgcolor=\"#FFFFFF\">4</td>\n" + " <td height=\"27\" align=\"center\" bgcolor=\"#FFFFFF\">98000253035</td>\n" + " <td height=\"27\" align=\"center\" bgcolor=\"#FFFFFF\">Lenka Lovetinska</td>\n" + " <td align=\"center\" bgcolor=\"#FFFFFF\">420 60598685</td>\n" + " <td align=\"center\" bgcolor=\"#FFFFFF\">420 567223836</td>\n" + " <td align=\"center\" bgcolor=\"#FFFFFF\"></td>\n" + " <td align=\"center\" bgcolor=\"#FFFFFF\">Czech Republic</td>\n" + " <td align=\"center\" bgcolor=\"#FFFFFF\"><a href=\"mailto:lovetinskal@seznam.cz\">lovetinskal@seznam.cz</a></td>\n" + " <td align=\"center\" bgcolor=\"#FFFFFF\">20</td>\n" + " <td align=\"center\" bgcolor=\"#FFFFFF\">Distributor</td>\n" + " <td align=\"center\" bgcolor=\"#FFFFFF\">98000142059</td>\n" + " </tr>\n" + " <tr>\n" + " <td height=\"27\" align=\"center\" bgcolor=\"#FFFFFF\">5</td>\n" + " <td height=\"27\" align=\"center\" bgcolor=\"#FFFFFF\">98000253463</td>\n" + " <td height=\"27\" align=\"center\" bgcolor=\"#FFFFFF\">Filip Korda</td>\n" + " <td align=\"center\" bgcolor=\"#FFFFFF\">421 902483141</td>\n" + " <td align=\"center\" bgcolor=\"#FFFFFF\">421 948186144</td>\n" + " <td align=\"center\" bgcolor=\"#FFFFFF\"></td>\n" + " <td align=\"center\" bgcolor=\"#FFFFFF\">Slovak Republic</td>\n" + " <td align=\"center\" bgcolor=\"#FFFFFF\"><a href=\"mailto:korda@sanusvita.sk\">korda@sanusvita.sk</a></td>\n" + " <td align=\"center\" bgcolor=\"#FFFFFF\">20</td>\n" + " <td align=\"center\" bgcolor=\"#FFFFFF\">Distributor</td>\n" + " <td align=\"center\" bgcolor=\"#FFFFFF\">80011633242</td>\n" + " </tr>\n" + " <tr>\n" + " <td height=\"27\" align=\"center\" bgcolor=\"#FFFFFF\">6</td>\n" + " <td height=\"27\" align=\"center\" bgcolor=\"#FFFFFF\">CZ-03-04277</td>\n" + " <td height=\"27\" align=\"center\" bgcolor=\"#FFFFFF\">Olga Kostomarova</td>\n" + " <td align=\"center\" bgcolor=\"#FFFFFF\">420 603160599</td>\n" + " <td align=\"center\" bgcolor=\"#FFFFFF\"></td>\n" + " <td align=\"center\" bgcolor=\"#FFFFFF\"></td>\n" + " <td align=\"center\" bgcolor=\"#FFFFFF\">Czech Republic</td>\n" + " <td align=\"center\" bgcolor=\"#FFFFFF\"><a href=\"mailto:\"></a></td>\n" + " <td align=\"center\" bgcolor=\"#FFFFFF\">19</td>\n" + " <td align=\"center\" bgcolor=\"#FFFFFF\">Distributor</td>\n" + " <td align=\"center\" bgcolor=\"#FFFFFF\">80011630542</td>\n" + " </tr>\n" + " </table>\n" + "</body>\n" + "</html>\n" + "<script>window.focus()</script>\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