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
  • 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 = "([+]\\d{1,2}|(00)\\d{2,4}|\\d{2})( [(]\\d{1,3}[)])?[-. \\/]?\\d{2,6}?[-. \\/]?\\d{2,15}([-. \\/]{1,3}\\d{1,5}){0,4}"; final String string = "+49 40 123456-0\n" + "+49 40 123456 -0\n" + "+49 40 123456- 0\n" + "0049 40 123456-0\n" + "49 40 3339760\n" + "+49 151 1234 56 78\n" + "+49 40123456 - 282\n" + "+49 40 123 456 -282\n" + "0049 40 123 456 -282\n" + "+49 40 123456 - 282\n" + "+49 (0)40 123456-282\n" + "+49 (0) 40 123456 -282\n" + "+49 (0) 40 12 34 56 -282\n" + "0049 (0) 40 123456 -282\n" + "49 (0) 40 123456 -282\n" + "+4940123456282\n" + "0049401234560\n" + "+1-234-567-8901\n" + "+61-234-567-89-01\n" + "+46-234 5678901\n" + "+1 (234) 56 89 901\n" + "+1 (234) 56-89 901\n" + "+46.234.567.8901\n" + "+1/234/567/8901\n" + "Wenn man mich fragen würde, ob ich unter der +49 40 123456 282 erreichbar bin, würde ich sagen. \"JA\""; final Pattern pattern = Pattern.compile(regex, Pattern.MULTILINE | 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