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  • 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 = "(insert\\s+into\\s+casi_tassazione\\s+)(\\(.+?\\))(\\s+values\\s+)(\\(.+?\\))(;)"; final String string = "INSERT INTO CASI_TASSAZIONE (ID_CSTASS, ID_DCHFIS, ESERCIZIO, PROGRESSIVO, ID_PARENT_CSTASS, NO_REINTIMAZIONE, ID_PERGIU, ID_STORGN, TASSAZIONE_UFFICIO, ID_OWNER, ID_WORKER, ID_UNTORG, PRIMO_GIORNO_ESECZ, ULTIMO_GIORNO_ESECZ, DATA_CAMBIO_STORGN, DATA_INS, INS_USERID, DATA_UPD, UPD_USERID) VALUES (100001, 100000, 2009, 0, NULL, 0, 100001, 2, 0, 10000, 10000, @idUnitaOrganizzativa, '2009-01-01', '2009-12-31', '2009-04-24', '2009-04-24 10:09:07.115', 'JUNIT', '2009-04-24 10:09:09.894', 'JUNIT');\n\n" + " INSERT INTO CASI_TASSAZIONE\n" + " (ID_CSTASS, ID_DCHFIS, ESERCIZIO, PROGRESSIVO, ID_PARENT_CSTASS, NO_REINTIMAZIONE, ID_PERGIU, ID_STORGN, TASSAZIONE_UFFICIO, ID_OWNER, ID_WORKER, ID_UNTORG, PRIMO_GIORNO_ESECZ, ULTIMO_GIORNO_ESECZ, DATA_CAMBIO_STORGN, DATA_INS, INS_USERID, DATA_UPD, UPD_USERID) VALUES (100001, 100000, 2009, 0, NULL, 0, 100001, 2, 0, 10000, 10000, @idUnitaOrganizzativa, '2009-01-01', '2009-12-31', '2009-04-24', '2009-04-24 10:09:07.115', 'JUNIT', '2009-04-24 10:09:09.894', 'JUNIT'),(ID_CSTASS, ID_DCHFIS, ESERCIZIO, PROGRESSIVO, ID_PARENT_CSTASS, NO_REINTIMAZIONE, ID_PERGIU, ID_STORGN, TASSAZIONE_UFFICIO, ID_OWNER, ID_WORKER, ID_UNTORG, PRIMO_GIORNO_ESECZ, ULTIMO_GIORNO_ESECZ, DATA_CAMBIO_STORGN, DATA_INS, INS_USERID, DATA_UPD, UPD_USERID) VALUES (100001, 100000, 2009, 0, NULL, 0, 100001, 2, 0, 10000, 10000, @idUnitaOrganizzativa, '2009-01-01', '2009-12-31', '2009-04-24', '2009-04-24 10:09:07.115', 'JUNIT', '2009-04-24 10:09:09.894', 'JUNIT');\n"; final String subst = "$1$2$3$4$5"; final Pattern pattern = Pattern.compile(regex, Pattern.CASE_INSENSITIVE | Pattern.DOTALL | 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