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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

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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 = "(.*) ([\\w\\d\\.\\-\\(\\)]+) (\\d(?:\\.\\d+){2,}$)"; final String string = "id-DirectTrust. arc 1.3.6.1.4.1.41179\n" + "id-DirectTrustpolicies id-DirectTrust.(0) 1.3.6.1.4.1.41179.0\n" + "DirectTrust-CP 2.0 id-DirectTrustpolicies.(2.0) 1.3.6.1.4.1.41179.0.2.0\n" + "id-DirectTrust-LoAs id-DirectTrust.(1) 1.3.6.1.4.1.41179.1\n" + "DirectTrust ID LoA 1 id-DirectTrust-LoAs.(1) 1.3.6.1.4.1.41179.1.1\n" + "DirectTrust ID LoA 2 id-DirectTrust-LoAs.(2) 1.3.6.1.4.1.41179.1.2\n" + "DirectTrust ID LoA 3 id-DirectTrust-LoAs.(3) 1.3.6.1.4.1.41179.1.3\n" + "DirectTrust ID LoA 4 id-DirectTrust-LoAs.(4) 1.3.6.1.4.1.41179.1.4\n" + "DirectTrust ID IAL 1 id-DirectTrust-LoAs.(1) 1.3.6.1.4.1.41179.1.1\n" + "DirectTrust ID IAL 2 id-DirectTrust-LoAs.(5) 1.3.6.1.4.1.41179.1.5\n" + "DirectTrust ID IAL 3 id-DirectTrust-LoAs.(6) 1.3.6.1.4.1.41179.1.6\n" + "id-DirectTrust-Cat id-DirectTrust.(2) 1.3.6.1.4.1.41179.2\n" + "DirectTrust CE id-DirectTrust-Cat.(1) 1.3.6.1.4.1.41179.2.1\n" + "DirectTrust BA id-DirectTrust-Cat.(2) 1.3.6.1.4.1.41179.2.2\n" + "DirectTrust HE id-DirectTrust-Cat.(3) 1.3.6.1.4.1.41179.2.3\n" + "DirectTrust Patient id-DirectTrust-Cat.(4) 1.3.6.1.4.1.41179.2.4\n" + "DirectTrust NonDeclared id-DirectTrust-Cat.(5) 1.3.6.1.4.1.41179.2.5\n" + "id-DirectTrust-Dev id-DirectTrust.(3) 1.3.6.1.4.1.41179.3\n" + "DirectTrust Device id-DirectTrust-Dev.(1) 1.3.6.1.4.1.41179.3.1\n" + "id-DirectTrust-authLoAs id-DirectTrust.(6) 1.3.6.1.4.1.41179.6\n" + "DirectTrust Auth AAL 1 id-DirectTrust-auth-LoAs.(5) 1.3.6.1.4.1.41179.6.5\n" + "DirectTrust Auth AAL 2 id-DirectTrust-auth-LoAs.(6) 1.3.6.1.4.1.41179.6.6\n" + "DirectTrust Auth AAL 3 id-DirectTrust-auth-LoAs.(7) 1.3.6.1.4.1.41179.6.7\n" + "id-DirectTrust-Cont id-DirectTrust.(7) 1.3.6.1.4.1.41179.7\n" + "DirectTrust Content Commitment id-DirectTrust-Cont.(1) 1.3.6.1.4.1.41179.7.1"; final String subst = "\\3\\t\\2\\t\\1"; final Pattern pattern = Pattern.compile(regex, Pattern.MULTILINE); final Matcher matcher = pattern.matcher(string); // The substituted value will be contained in the result variable final String result = matcher.replaceAll(subst); System.out.println("Substitution result: " + result); } }

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