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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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/
g

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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 = "(?i).*cc.*(cor.*ang.*|heart.*|icd.*|pace.*|coronary.*|cardi.*|aortic.*|lhc.*|.rhc.*|dual.*lead.*|cabg.*|trans.*echo.*)\n"; final String string = "CC AORTIC ROOT INJECTION\n" + "CC CARDIOVERSION\n" + "CC COR ANG BYPASS W/LHC\n" + "CC COR ANG BYPASS W/R-LHC\n" + "CC COR ANGIO BYPASS\n" + "CC COR ANGIO W/LHC\n" + "CC COR ANGIO W/R-LHC\n" + "CC COR ANGIO W/RHC\n" + "CC CORONARY ANGIO\n" + "CC CORONARY ANGIO, CC COR ANGIO W/LHC\n" + "CC DUAL LEAD ONLY, INSERT\n" + "CC HEART CATH LEFT HEART\n" + "CC HEART CATH LEFT HEART, CC HEART CATH R+L ADULT\n" + "CC HEART CATH R+L ADULT\n" + "CC ICD DUAL CHAMBER\n" + "CC ICD GEN REMOVE\n" + "CC ICD GEN REP MULT LEAD\n" + "CC ICD GEN REPLACE\n" + "CC ICD INS W/LEADS\n" + "CC ICD LEAD TEST ONLY\n" + "CC INTRACARDIAC EP 3D MAP\n" + "CC IVUS CORONARY\n" + "CC LHC FOR LV GRAM ONLY\n" + "CC LHC FOR LV GRAM ONLY, CC COR ANGIO W/LHC\n" + "CC PACE GEN REP DUAL LEAD\n" + "CC PACEMAKER ATR + VENT\n" + "CC PACEMAKER CHANGE DUAL\n" + "CC PACEMAKER CHANGE SINGL\n" + "CC PACEMAKER INSERT TEMP\n" + "CC PERICARDIOCENTISIS\n" + "CC PTLR CABG DES/PCI,SGL\n" + "CC RHC FOR LV GRAM ONLY\n" + "CC TRANS ESOPH ECHO/TEE\n\n"; final Pattern pattern = Pattern.compile(regex); 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