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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
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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 = "^(0|[1-9]+[0-9]*) (@[^@]+@ |)([A-Za-z0-9_]+)( [^\\n\\r]*|)$"; final String string = "0 @N1@ NOTE Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet\n" + "0 HEAD\n" + "1 SOUR FTM\n" + "2 VERS 22.2.6.950\n" + "1 DEST FTM\n" + "1 DATE 31 MAR 2017\n" + "1 CHAR UTF-8\n" + "3 _LINK http://www.facebook.com/1247584965\n" + "2 SOUR @S122@\n" + "3 PAGE Facebook update - David Hatch - 6/5/2013\n" + "3 _LINK http://www.facebook.com/1247584965\n\n\n" + "1 RESI\n" + "2 DATE BET 1935 AND 1993\n" + "2 PLAC San Francisco, California, USA\n" + "1 RESI\n" + "2 DATE 1994\n" + "2 PLAC San Francisco, California, USA\n" + "2 SOUR @S605@\n" + "3 DATA\n" + "4 TEXT Birth date: 20 Sep 1966 Birth place: Residence date: 1994 \n" + "5 CONC Residence place: San Francisco, CA\n" + "1 RESI 106 Oakcrest Rd\n" + "2 DATE 26 MAR 2017\n" + "2 PLAC San Anselmo, Marin, California, USA\n" + "1 FAMS @F500@\n" + "1 FAMC @F656@\n" + "0 @I923@ INDI\n" + "1 NAME Vincent /Crilley/\n" + "1 SEX M\n" + "1 FAMS @F254@\n" + "0 @I5899@ INDI\n" + "1 NAME Marjorie Edna /Footitt/\n" + "2 SOUR @S506@\n" + "2 SOUR @S176@\n" + "2 SOUR @S168@\n" + "2 SOUR @S624@\n" + "3 DATA\n" + "4 TEXT Residence date: Residence place: USA\n" + "2 SOUR @S115@\n" + "3 PAGE Year: 1940; Census Place: St Paul, Ramsey, Minnesota; Roll: T627_1996; \n" + "4 CONC Page: 11A; Enumeration District: 90-73.\n" + "3 DATA\n" + "4 _TEXT Birth date: abt 1918 Birth place: North Dakota Residence date: 1 \n" + "5 CONC Apr 1940 Residence place: St Paul, Ramsey, Minnesota, United States\n" + "2 SOUR @S607@\n" + "3 PAGE Year: 1920; Census Place: Carrington, Foster, North Dakota; Roll: \n" + "4 CONC T625_1334; Page: 13B; Enumeration District: 117; Image: .\n" + "3 DATA"; 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