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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/
g

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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 = "http://www\\.myurl\\.com/\\?action=joingiveaway&amp;id=([0-9]+)"; final String string = " \n\n" + " <DIV>\n" + " <H2><A style=\"COLOR: black\" href=\"http://www.myurl.com/?action=viewgiveaways&amp;id=287\">New car Giveaway</A></H2></DIV>\n" + " <DIV style=\"MARGIN-TOP: 6px\">The Winner of this giveaway will win a new car!</DIV>\n" + " <DIV class=box_round style=\"BORDER-TOP: red 1px solid; BORDER-RIGHT: red 1px solid; BORDER-BOTTOM: red 1px solid; PADDING-BOTTOM: 8px; PADDING-TOP: 8px; PADDING-LEFT: 8px; BORDER-LEFT: red 1px solid; MARGIN-TOP: 10px; PADDING-RIGHT: 8px\">\n" + " <DIV><B>Special Requirement : </B></DIV>\n" + " <DIV style=\"MARGIN-TOP: 2px\">You need to have earned atleast <B style=\"COLOR: blue\">1000 Coins </B>in total to enter this Giveaway </DIV>\n" + " <DIV style=\"COLOR: green; MARGIN-TOP: 2px\">Your total coin earnings is 21707 </DIV></DIV>\n" + " <DIV style=\"MARGIN-TOP: 6px\"><B>Entry Fee : 20 Coins</B></DIV>\n" + " <DIV style=\"MARGIN: 6px\"><A class=cssbutton style=\"COLOR: white\" href=\"http://www.myurl.com/?action=joingiveaway&amp;id=287\">Enter Giveaway</A><BR><SMALL>You have 0 entries</SMALL></DIV></DIV>\n" + " <DIV style=\"FLOAT: right\">\n" + " <DIV>Group : Everyone</DIV>\n" + " <DIV>Multiple Entries : No</DIV>\n" + " <DIV>Total Entries : <A href=\"http://www.myurl.com/?action=viewentries&amp;giveawayid=287\">4</A></DIV>\n" + " <DIV>Max Entries : 100</DIV>\n" + " <DIV>Start Date : Jan 23 2013</DIV>\n" + " <DIV><A href=\"http://www.myurl.com/index.php?action=faq#coins\" target=_blank>How To Earn Coins?</A></DIV></DIV>\n" + " <DIV style=\"CLEAR: both\"></DIV></DIV></DIV></DIV>\n" + " <DIV class=index-left style=\"FLOAT: right; PADDING-TOP: 15px; PADDING-RIGHT: 23px\">\n" + " <DIV class=left-section>\n\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