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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

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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{4}\\x2f\\d{2}\\x2f\\d{2}\\s+\\d{2}\\x3a\\d{2}\\x3a\\d{2})\\x2e\\d+\\s+(\\w+\\x2b\\d+\\x3a\\d+)\\s+(\\d{2}\\x2e\\d{3}\\x2e\\d{2}\\x2e\\d{3})\\s+(\\w{3}\\s+\\d+\\s+\\d{2}\\x3a\\d{2}\\x3a\\d{2})\\s+(\\w+\\x2e\\w+\\x2e\\w+\\x2e\\w+\\x2e\\w+)\\s+(\\d\\x3b\\d\\x3b\\w+\\x2d\\w+\\x2d\\w+\\x2d\\w+\\x2d\\w+)\\x3b(\\d+\\x2d\\d+\\x2d\\d+\\x2d\\d+\\x2d\\d+)\\x3b\\x22\\d+\\x3a\\s+(\\w+)\\x3a\\s+(\\w+\\s+\\w+\\s+\\w+\\s+\\w+\\s+\\w+)\\x22\\x3b(\\d+)\\x3b\\x22(\\w+)\\x22\\x3b(\\d{2}\\x2e\\d{3}\\x2e\\d{3}\\x2e\\d{3})\\x3b(\\d+)\\x3b(\\d{3}\\x2e\\d{3}\\x2e\\d{2}\\x2e\\d{3})\\x3b(\\d+)\\x3b\\d\\x3b\\d\\w\\x3b\\d\\w\\x3b\\d\\x3b\\d+\\x3b\\x22(\\w+)\\x22\\x3b\\d+\\x3b\\d+\\x3b\\s+\\x3b\\d+"; final String string = "2015/07/25 17:26:16.028 GMT+08:00 10.100.10.222 May 16 17:29:29 nipssmsdc2.hqlan.abc.com.my 8;3;92439f8d-86fa-4522-aeea-42e250b0fa05;00000001-0001-0001-0001-000000013012;\"13012: SIP: SipVicious Brute Force SIP Tool\";13012;\"udp\";62.210.248.238;5084;202.190.48.185;6060;1;4A;4B;7;11;\"nips02dc1\";16929789;1431768569067; ;95128847"; final Pattern pattern = Pattern.compile(regex); final Matcher matcher = pattern.matcher(string); if (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