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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 = "(?n)(?i:\\{[a-f\\d]{8}-?[a-f\\d]{4}-?[a-f\\d]{4}-?[a-f\\d]{4}-?[a-f\\d]{12}\\})|\n" + "(?i:\\([a-f\\d]{8}-?[a-f\\d]{4}-?[a-f\\d]{4}-?[a-f\\d]{4}-?[a-f\\d]{12}\\))|\n" + "(?i:[a-f\\d]{8}-?[a-f\\d]{4}-?[a-f\\d]{4}-?[a-f\\d]{4}-?[a-f\\d]{12})|\n" + "\\{0x[a-fA-F\\d]{8},0x[a-fA-F\\d]{4},0x[a-fA-F\\d]{4},\\{0x[a-fA-F\\d]{2},0x[a-fA-F\\d]{2},0x[a-fA-F\\d]{2},0x[a-fA-F\\d]{2},0x[a-fA-F\\d]{2},0x[a-fA-F\\d]{2},0x[a-fA-F\\d]{2},0x[a-fA-F\\d]{2}\\}\\}\n"; final String string = "string str = @\"\n" + " 50de1696-8c63-4856-a204-7f4d93082da8\n" + " AB9B479D-3E48-49B7-A3B9-3BEC6ADEE344\n" + " d1ce1bec29434df09a03fc0605a2b481\n" + " DC9A9DA1D9D448DA8B9BDC401E20BA69\n" + " {8f60f165-38f9-42ad-95d2-22b746de1cba}\n" + " {DC9A9DA1-D9D4-48DA-8B9B-DC401E20BA69}\n" + " (f4e06eae-58d2-4daa-9f2d-917f622d23ea)\n" + " (DC9A9DA1-D9D4-48DA-8B9B-DC401E20BA69)\n" + " {0xB7D3E6C4,0x7FA6,0x4C48,{0xBA,0x0A,0x44,0x58,0x9D,0x14,0xE5,0x12}}\n" + " {0xf3ffac91,0xc8cd,0x434d,{0x9f,0x2d,0x78,0x93,0x9b,0xa4,0x82,0x1d}}\n" + "\";"; final Pattern pattern = Pattern.compile(regex, Pattern.COMMENTS); 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