Regular Expressions 101

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  • All Tokens
  • Common Tokens
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  • Anchors
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  • Character Classes
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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 = "^(?=.{6,284}$)[^\\W_](?:[+\\w.-]*[^\\W_])?@[^\\W_](?:\\[[0-9]{1,3}\\.[0-9]{1,3}\\.[0-9]{1,3}\\.|(?:[\\w-]+\\.)+)(?:[a-zA-Z]{2,13}|[0-9]{1,3})\\]?$"; final String string = ".abc@ornekeposta.com\n" + "_abc@ornekeposta.com\n" + "9abc.@ornekeposta.com\n" + "!@ornekeposta.com\n" + "a!@ornekeposta.com\n" + "ö@ö@.ö\n" + "#4+^%+@göl.çöz\n" + "!'^+%&&/)=?:_@^+%+^&%(.+%^+%%+/&%&.com\n" + "a_@a.aa\n" + "21322534@435345345.4353.4543\n" + "a@aa.aa\n" + "1@12.co\n" + "a.1@555555.com\n" + "a@ornekeposta.com\n" + "9abc@ornekeposta.com\n" + "abc@ornekeposta.org.tr\n" + "m@it.ai.tr.cz.ru.dart\n" + "name@surname.aero\n" + "AAAA@AAA.AA\n" + "deneme+tag@deneme.com\n" + "very-important@person.international\n" + "istanbul-istanbul-istanbul-istanbul-istanbul-istanbul-istanbul-istanbul-istanbul-istanbul-istanbul-istanbul-istanbul-istanbul-istanbul-istanbul-istanbul-istanbul-istanbul.istanbul.istanbul.istanbul+istanbul@4istanbul.istanbul-istanbul-istanbul-istanbul-istanbul.istanbul.ista.istanbul\n"; 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