Regular Expressions 101

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  • All Tokens
  • Common Tokens
  • General Tokens
  • Anchors
  • Meta Sequences
  • Quantifiers
  • Group Constructs
  • 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

/
/
xuigs

Test String

Code Generator

Generated Code

import java.util.regex.Matcher; import java.util.regex.Pattern; public class Example { public static void main(String[] args) { final String regex = "\\A\\s*\n" + " (?: #########################################################################\n" + " # Matches against Australian postal addresses\n" + " # [<floor> <number>]\n" + " # [<unit type>] [<unit>] <house number> <street name> <street type>\n" + " # [<anything trailing>\n" + " #########################################################################\n" + " (?:(?P<c_level_type>level|lvl|floor|flr)\\s*(?P<c_level_number>\\w+),?\\s*)? # Level (floor, etc)\n" + " \\s*,?\\s* # Optional comma\n" + " (?:(?P<c_unit_type>[[:alpha:]][\\w-']*)?\\s*)? # Type (suite, unit, etc)\n" + " (?:(?P<c_unit_number>[\\w\\.]*(?!\\d))\\s*[,\\/]*\\s*)? # Unit\n" + " (?P<c_house_number>\\pN+[[:alpha:]]?(?:\\s*[-\\/\\pP]\\s*\\pN+[[:alpha:]]?)*) # House number\n" + " \\s*,?\\s* # Optional comma\n" + " (?P<c_street_name>[\\w-\\s]*?) # Street name\n" + " \\s+\n" + " \\b(?P<c_street_type>fire\\s*track|right\\s*of\\s*way|service\\s*way|shopping\\s*centre|state\\s*highway|\\w{2,})\\b # Street type\n" + " (?:\\s*\\R+(?P<c_trailing>.+))? # Trailing data not captured\n" + " )\n" + " \\s*\\Z"; final String string = "level 2, 100 smith avenue"; final Pattern pattern = Pattern.compile(regex, Pattern.COMMENTS | Pattern.UNICODE_CASE | Pattern.CASE_INSENSITIVE | Pattern.DOTALL); 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