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  • All Tokens
  • Common Tokens
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  • 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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Test String

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Generated Code

import java.util.regex.Matcher; import java.util.regex.Pattern; public class Example { public static void main(String[] args) { final String regex = "(?<=\\b)\\w([\\w\\.\\-_0-9])*(@| at )[\\w0-9][\\w\\-_0-9]*((\\.| DOT )[\\w\\-_0-9]+)+(?=\\b)"; final String string = "test@email.com\n" + "test-user@email.com\n" + "test.user@email.com\n" + "33test33@email.com\n" + "test99user-_22@email.com\n" + "test@e.mail\n" + "test@g.mail\n" + "test AT email.com\n" + "test AT email DOT com\n" + "test AT email dot com\n" + "test at email.com\n" + "test@email DOT com\n" + "this is not an email @twitterUser\n" + "this is just an an string el@\n\n\n\n" + " Valid\n" + "-------\n" + "first.last@iana.org\n" + "1234567890123456789012345678901234567890123456789012345678901234@iana.org\n" + "x@x23456789.x23456789.x23456789.x23456789.x23456789.x23456789.x23456789.x23456789.x23456789.x23456789.x23456789.x23456789.x23456789.x23456789.x23456789.x23456789.x23456789.x23456789.x23456789.x23456789.x23456789.x23456789.x23456789.x23456789.x23456789.x2\n" + "1234567890123456789012345678901234567890123456789012345678@12345678901234567890123456789012345678901234567890123456789.12345678901234567890123456789012345678901234567890123456789.123456789012345678901234567890123456789012345678901234567890123.iana.org\n" + "user+mailbox@iana.org\n" + "customer/department@iana.org \n" + "customer/department=shipping@iana.org\n" + "cal(woo(yay)hoopla)@iamcal.com\n" + "cal(foo\\@bar)@iamcal.com\n" + "cal(foo\\)bar)@iamcal.com\n" + "first(Welcome to&#13;&#10; the (\"wonderful\" (!)) world&#13;&#10; of email)@iana.org\n" + "pete(his account)@silly.test(his host)\n" + "c@(Chris's host.)public.example\n\n" + " Invalid\n" + "---------\n" + "first@...........com\n" + "first.last@sub.do,com\n" + "first\\@last@iana.org\n" + "first.last\n" + ".first.last@iana.org\n" + "first.last.@iana.org\n" + "\"first\"last\"@iana.org\n" + "\"\"\"@iana.org\n" + "first\\\\@last@iana.org\n" + "Doug\\ \\\"Ace\\\"\\ Lovell@iana.org\n" + "()[]\\;:,><@iana.org\n" + "test@.\n" + "test@[123.123.123.123\n" + "test@123.123.123.123]"; final Pattern pattern = Pattern.compile(regex, Pattern.MULTILINE | Pattern.CASE_INSENSITIVE); 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