Regular Expression In Java Example

Chapter: Regular Expression Last Updated: 09-07-2016 05:23:28 UTC

Program:

            /* ............... START ............... */
                
import java.util.regex.Pattern;

public class JavaRegexExample {
	public static void main(String args[]) {
		boolean isMatch;
		String pattern;
		String str = " Java Regex example - Java Scan";
		pattern = ".*Scan*";

		isMatch = Pattern.matches(pattern, str);
		System.out.println("Result 1: " + isMatch);

		pattern = ".*scan*";

		isMatch = Pattern.matches(pattern, str);
		System.out.println("Result 2: " + isMatch);
	}
}

                /* ............... END ............... */
        

Output

Result 1: true
Result 2: false

Notes:

• A regular expression (regex or regexp for short) is a special text string for describing a search pattern.
• Regular Expression can be used to search, edit or manipulate text.
• Java Regex classes are present in java.util.regex package that contains three classes which is described below.
• Pattern: Pattern object is the compiled version of the regular expression.
• Matcher: Matcher is the java regex engine object that matches the input String pattern with the pattern object created.
• PatternSyntaxException: PatternSyntaxException is thrown if the regular expression syntax is not correct.

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