Regular Expressions 101

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  • All Tokens
  • Common Tokens
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  • Anchors
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  • Quantifiers
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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 = "LOC\\+11[^L]*(?:L(?!OC\\+11)[^L]*)*"; final String string = "> NAD+ST+14::92++Test' LOC+11+KOD23277::92' LOC+7+D77::92:Test' LIN+1++\n" + "> test AP:IN'IMD+F++12::272:K\n" + "> RIPPsadasdRIEM'RFF+ON:EN10514492'RFF+AAN:501'\n" + "> DTM+171:20220309:102'RFF+AIF:500'DTM+171:20220305:102'CTA+SC+12414:test,\n" + "> test'COM+melweasdsaanigge.frasdasdasdaicke1@test.de:EM'\n" + "> COM+?+49-561-490-4173:TE'COM+?+49-561-490-84173:FX' QTY+83:1000:PCE'\n" + "> QTY+70:66850:PCE'DTM+51:20080101:102'\n" + "> QTY+72:0:PCE'DTM+52:20080101:102'\n" + "> QTY+194:1000:PCE'DTM+50:20220224:102'\n" + "> RFF+AAU:2143276'DTM+171:20220218:102'\n" + "> QTY+194:1000:PCE'DTM+50:20220202:102'\n" + "> RFF+AAU:2138944'DTM+171:20220131:102'\n" + "> QTY+194:1000:PCE'DTM+50:20220105:102'\n" + "> RFF+AAU:2138943'DTM+171:20220103:102' SCC+24'\n" + "> QTY+113:1000:PCE'DTM+2:20220412:102'\n" + "> QTY+113:1000:PCE'DTM+2:20220503:102'\n" + "> QTY+113:1000:PCE'DTM+64:20220530:102'DTM+63:20220605:102'\n" + "> QTY+113:1000:PCE'DTM+64:20220620:102'DTM+63:20220626:102'\n" + "> QTY+113:1000:PCE'DTM+64:20220711:102'DTM+63:20220717:102'\n" + "> QTY+113:1000:PCE'DTM+64:20220801:102'DTM+63:20220807:102' GEI+3+37'\n" + "> \n" + "> NAD+ST+14::92++test' LOC+11+KOD823226::92' LOC+7+D86::92:Test' LIN+2++\n" + "> test H:IN'IMD+F++12::272:K\n" + "> RIPPRIEM'RFF+ON:EN10662318'RFF+AAN:266'DTM+171:20220309:102'\n" + "> RFF+AIF:265'DTM+171:20220305:102'CTA+SC+12414:test,\n" + "> test'COM+test.test@test.de:EM'\n" + "> COM+?+49-561-490-4173:TE'COM+?+49-561-490-84173:FX' QTY+83:200:PCE'\n" + "> QTY+70:14319:PCE'DTM+51:20100101:102'\n" + "> QTY+72:0:PCE'DTM+52:20100101:102' QTY+194:200:PCE'DTM+50:20220126:102'\n" + "> RFF+AAU:2146871'DTM+171:20220121:102'\n" + "> QTY+194:200:PCE'DTM+50:20211210:102'RFF+AAU:2146914'DTM+171:20211209:102' QTY+194:200:PCE'DTM+50:20211129:102'RFF+AAU:2139927'DTM+171:20211124:102'SCC+24'\n" + "> QTY+113:200:PCE'DTM+2:20220503:102'\n" + "> QTY+113:200:PCE'DTM+64:20220606:102'DTM+63:20220612:102'\n" + "> QTY+113:200:PCE'DTM+64:20220718:102'DTM+63:20220724:102'\n" + "> QTY+113:200:PCE'DTM+64:20220829:102'DTM+63:20220904:102'\n" + "> QTY+113:200:PCE'DTM+64:20221010:102'DTM+63:20221016:102'\n" + "> \n" + "> UNT+142+1'UNZ+1+2756'"; 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