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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 = "(\\w{3}\\s\\s\\d{1,2} \\d{2}:\\d{2}:\\d{2})\\s(\\S*)\\s(\\S*):\\s\\[(\\S*)\\]\\s\\[(\\w\\d{6})\\]\\s(\\S*)\\.(\\w*):\\s(.*)[\\s|\\s\\[](\\{.*\\})"; final String string = "Feb 5 23:30:09 netoapi-06ae0d2a778f6d96c neto-ecommerce[21749]: [Self=1-5c5a1c7f-1417875ef90160804e31a159;Root=1-5c5a1c78-c849bf9b2a5aa92ee1ffd501] [N015185] app.ERROR: Entity of type 'Neto\\ShopBundle\\Entity\\Country' for IDs code() was not found [] {\"\"tags\"\":[\"\"sales_channels\"\"]}\"\n" + "Feb 5 23:10:00 cpanel-0b75ea0f831a1a35a neto-ecommerce[4987]: [Self=1-5c5a17c8-1b0a7d58cd923b42ff5a7412;Root=1-5c5a17c8-5432af944896f7d093992b3a] [N008907] app.ERROR: Uncaught PHP Exception Symfony\\Component\\HttpKernel\\Exception\\AccessDeniedHttpException: \"\"Installation wizard is not supported for Amazon AU\"\" at /opt/release/Neto6.38.0/vendor/php/symfony/symfony/src/Symfony/Component/Security/Http/Firewall/ExceptionListener.php line 117 {\"\"exception\"\":\"\"[object] (Symfony\\\\Component\\\\HttpKernel\\\\Exception\\\\AccessDeniedHttpException(code: 0): Installation wizard is not supported for Amazon AU at /opt/release/Neto6.38.0/vendor/php/symfony/symfony/src/Symfony/Component/Security/Http/Firewall/ExceptionListener.php:117, Symfony\\\\Component\\\\Security\\\\Core\\\\Exception\\\\AccessDeniedException(code: 403): Installation wizard is not supported for Amazon AU at /opt/release/Neto6.38.0/vendor/php/symfony/symfony/src/Symfony/Bundle/FrameworkBundle/Controller/ControllerTrait.php:379)\"\"} {\"\"tags\"\":[\"\"sales_channels\"\"]}\"\n" + "Feb 5 21:35:06 netoapi-050acc5cb696746e7 neto-ecommerce[31278]: [Self=1-5c5a0188-c0db1f2809ade66c634f9576;Root=1-5c5a0185-b02bf3209835c7a4df7e5c2c] [N015185] app.ERROR: Entity of type 'Neto\\ShopBundle\\Entity\\Country' for IDs code() was not found [] {\"\"tags\"\":[\"\"sales_channels\"\"]}\"\n" + "Feb 6 05:59:30 netoapi-07743f4e14561df22 neto-ecommerce[5407]: [Self=1-5c5a77c1-0019eb7067e6cc30180f9770;Root=1-5c5a77a7-2fa7f778122a1698c2a7e286] [N016687] app.CRITICAL: Uncaught PHP Exception Doctrine\\DBAL\\Exception\\DriverException: \"An exception occured in driver: SQLSTATE[HY000] [1203] User N016687_web already has more than 'max_user_connections' active connections\" at /opt/release/Neto6.38.0/vendor/php/doctrine/dbal/lib/Doctrine/DBAL/Driver/AbstractMySQLDriver.php line 115 {\"exception\":\"[object] (Doctrine\\\\DBAL\\\\Exception\\\\DriverException(code: 0): An exception occured in driver: SQLSTATE[HY000] [1203] User N016687_web already has more than 'max_user_connections' active connections at /opt/release/Neto6.38.0/vendor/php/doctrine/dbal/lib/Doctrine/DBAL/Driver/AbstractMySQLDriver.php:115, Doctrine\\\\DBAL\\\\Driver\\\\PDOException(code: 1203): SQLSTATE[HY000] [1203] User N016687_web already has more than 'max_user_connections' active connections at /opt/release/Neto6.38.0/vendor/php/doctrine/dbal/lib/Doctrine/DBAL/Driver/PDOConnection.php:47, PDOException(code: 1203): SQLSTATE[HY000] [1203] User N016687_web already has more than 'max_user_connections' active connections at /opt/release/Neto6.38.0/vendor/php/doctrine/dbal/lib/Doctrine/DBAL/Driver/PDOConnection.php:43)\"} {\"tags\":[\"sales_channels\"]}"; final Pattern pattern = Pattern.compile(regex, Pattern.MULTILINE); 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