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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 = "(?!.*\\/)(.*)-(([^-]+)-([0-9]+))-([^.]+)(\\.chi\\.zst)"; final String string = "http://localhost/\n" + "http://localhost/packages/a/\n" + "http://localhost/packages/b/\n" + "http://localhost/packages/c/\n" + "http://localhost/packages/core/\n" + "http://localhost/packages/d/\n" + "http://localhost/packages/e/\n" + "http://localhost/packages/f/\n" + "http://localhost/packages/g/\n" + "http://localhost/packages/h/\n" + "http://localhost/packages/i/\n" + "http://localhost/packages/j/\n" + "http://localhost/packages/k/\n" + "http://localhost/packages/l/\n" + "http://localhost/packages/m/\n" + "http://localhost/packages/meta/\n" + "http://localhost/packages/n/\n" + "http://localhost/packages/o/\n" + "http://localhost/packages/p/\n" + "http://localhost/packages/q/\n" + "http://localhost/packages/r/\n" + "http://localhost/packages/s/\n" + "http://localhost/packages/t/\n" + "http://localhost/packages/u/\n" + "http://localhost/packages/v/\n" + "http://localhost/packages/w/\n" + "http://localhost/packages/x/\n" + "http://localhost/packages/y/\n" + "http://localhost/packages/z/\n" + "http://localhost/packages/a/atkmm-2.28.2-2-x86_64.chi.zst\n" + "http://localhost/packages/a/atom-1.61.0beta0-2-x86_64.chi.zst\n" + "http://localhost/packages/a/atril-1.26.0-1-x86_64.chi.zst\n" + "http://localhost/packages/a/attica-5.94.0-1-x86_64.chi.zst\n" + "http://localhost/packages/a/attr-2.5.1-2-x86_64.chi.zst\n" + "http://localhost/packages/a/aubio-0.4.9-13-x86_64.chi.zst\n" + "http://localhost/packages/a/aubio-0.4.9-7-x86_64.chi.zst\n" + "http://localhost/packages/a/audacious-4.0.5-1-x86_64.chi.zst\n" + "http://localhost/packages/a/audacious-plugins-4.0.5-1-x86_64.chi.zst\n" + "http://localhost/packages/a/audacity-1:2.4.1-7-x86_64.chi.zst\n" + "http://localhost/packages/a/audiofile-0.3.6-6-x86_64.chi.zst\n" + "http://localhost/packages/a/audit-3.0.8-1-x86_64.chi.zst\n" + "http://localhost/packages/a/augeas-1.12.0-2-x86_64.chi.zst\n" + "http://localhost/packages/a/auracle-git-r366.8739929-4-x86_64.chi.zst\n"; 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