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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
  • Match everything enclosed
    (?:...)
  • Capture everything enclosed
    (...)
  • 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 = "^\\[[[:graph:]]*\\] [[:digit:]]{4}\\/[[:digit:]]{2}\\/[[:digit:]]{2} [[:digit:]]{2}:[[:digit:]]{2}:[[:digit:]]{2}"; final String string = "[ERROR] 2020/12/07 11:50:43 [TDK 7a9644kyj4t6 6d99a1d9-853c-c4dd-516c-305b6c2ae52f env QCSGERFX023 ip 10.99.98.145 app default] [thread 2603] [HFAPEL] [class VrfParam:1007] [Parameters] A major error occurred while calling the 'callCurrentSession2' function for the 'com.hardis.reflexcs.FMMA00' class from 'HFAPEL': incorrect type\n" + "[ERROR] 2020/12/07 11:50:43 [TDK 7a9644kyj4t6 6d99a1d9-853c-c4dd-516c-305b6c2ae52f env QCSGERFX023 ip 10.99.98.145 app default] [thread 2603] [FMMA00] [class PgmSession:636] Invalid Call 'callCurrentSession2' function of com.hardis.reflexcs.FMMA00\n" + "java.lang.IllegalArgumentException: argument type mismatch\n" + " at sun.reflect.NativeMethodAccessorImpl.invoke0(Native Method)\n" + " at sun.reflect.NativeMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(NativeMethodAccessorImpl.java:62)\n" + " at sun.reflect.DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.java:43)\n" + " at java.lang.reflect.Method.invoke(Method.java:498)\n" + " at com.hardis.adelia.template.PgmSession.invokeMethodExtCallExtFuncWithTypeCtrl(PgmSession.java:589)\n" + " at com.hardis.adelia.template.PgmSession.invokeMethodExtCallExtFuncWithTypeCtrl(PgmSession.java:402)\n" + " at com.hardis.reflexcs.HFAPEL._callPgmId_6(HFAPEL.java:789)\n" + " at com.hardis.reflexcs.HFAPEL.UserProcAPPEL_PGM_CLIENT(HFAPEL.java:165)\n" + " at com.hardis.reflexcs.HFAPEL._traiterProcUserProcAPPEL_PGM_CLIENT(HFAPEL.java:661)\n" + " at com.hardis.reflexcs.HFAPEL.initPgm(HFAPEL.java:4478)\n" + " at com.hardis.reflexcs.HFAPEL.javaEntry(HFAPEL.java:4588)\n" + " at com.hardis.reflexcs.HFAPEL.callCurrentSession2(HFAPEL.java:4226)\n" + " at sun.reflect.NativeMethodAccessorImpl.invoke0(Native Method)\n" + " at sun.reflect.NativeMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(NativeMethodAccessorImpl.java:62)\n" + " at sun.reflect.DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.java:43)\n" + " at java.lang.reflect.Method.invoke(Method.java:498)\n" + " at com.hardis.adelia.template.PgmSession.invokeMethodExtCallExtFuncWithTypeCtrl(PgmSession.java:589)\n" + " at com.hardis.adelia.template.PgmSession.invokeMethodExtCallExtFuncWithTypeCtrl(PgmSession.java:402)\n" + " at com.hardis.reflexcs.HFEXEP._callPgmId_5(HFEXEP.java:484)\n" + " at com.hardis.reflexcs.HFEXEP$WINDOW01.Obj_IDC_VALIDER_GainFocus(HFEXEP$WINDOW01.java:310)\n" + " at com.hardis.reflexcs.HFEXEP$WINDOW01.dispatchActionNumber(HFEXEP$WINDOW01.java:358)\n" + " at com.hardis.wagon.runtime.Application.dispatchEvent(Application.java:318)\n" + " at com.hardis.wagon.runtime.Application.sendMessage(Application.java:557)\n" + " at com.hardis.adelia.cloud.tools.FocusMgr._setFocusObject(FocusMgr.java:251)\n" + " at com.hardis.adelia.cloud.tools.FocusMgr.setFocusObject(FocusMgr.java:161)\n"; final Pattern pattern = Pattern.compile(regex, Pattern.MULTILINE); 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