Java regex example code to find all matches in a string
May 25, 2011 15:22:08 Last update: May 25, 2011 15:25:05
Use
To get case insensitive match, use:
Matcher.find() to find the next regex match until all matches are exhausted.
import java.util.regex.*; public class RegExFindAll { public static void main(String[] args) { String str = "You can use a Matcher to find all matches to a regular repression"; // find all words starting with m or c, and ends with n or r or s. // RegEx backslash should be escaped with an additional one. Pattern p = Pattern.compile("\\b(m|c)\\w*(n|r|s)\\b"); Matcher m = p.matcher(str); while (m.find()) { // find next match String match = m.group(); System.out.println(match); } // false because regex does not match the whole string System.out.println("Matches: " + m.matches()); } }
To get case insensitive match, use:
Pattern p = Pattern.compile("(?i)\\b(m|c)\\w*(n|r|s)\\b");