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Java Regex Complete Guide

This document provides a comprehensive guide to Java Regex, covering basic syntax, quantifiers, and API usage. It includes examples of common regex patterns for validating emails, digits, letters, phone numbers, and passwords. Additionally, it outlines pattern flags that modify regex behavior.

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Java Regex Complete Guide

This document provides a comprehensive guide to Java Regex, covering basic syntax, quantifiers, and API usage. It includes examples of common regex patterns for validating emails, digits, letters, phone numbers, and passwords. Additionally, it outlines pattern flags that modify regex behavior.

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Java Regex - Complete Guide

Java Regex - Complete Summary

1. Basic Syntax

| Pattern | Meaning | Example | Matches |


|---------|----------------------------------|----------------|----------------------------------|
|. | Any character except newline | a.c | abc, axc, a#c |
| \d | Digit [0-9] | \d\d | 12, 45, 09 |
| \D | Non-digit | \D | a, -, @ |
| \w | Word char (a-zA-Z0-9_) | \w\w | ab, A1, x_ |
| \W | Non-word char | \W | #, @, ! |
| \s | Whitespace | \s | Space, tab, newline |
| \S | Non-whitespace | \S | a, 5, @ |
|^ | Start of string | ^abc | abcde |
|$ | End of string | xyz$ | 123xyz |
| [] | Character class | [a-c] | a, b, c |
| [^] | Negated character class | [^0-9] | Any non-digit |
|| | OR operator | cat|dog | cat, dog |
| () | Grouping | (ab)+ | abab, ab |

2. Quantifiers

| Quantifier | Meaning | Example | Matches |


|------------|-----------------------------------|---------------|---------------------------------|
|* | 0 or more | a* | "", a, aaaa |
|+ | 1 or more | a+ | a, aa, aaaa |
|? | 0 or 1 | a? | "", a |
| {n} | Exactly n | a{3} | aaa |
| {n,} | n or more | a{2,} | aa, aaa, aaaa |
| {n,m} | Between n and m | a{2,4} | aa, aaa, aaaa |

3. Java Regex API Usage

import java.util.regex.*;

public class Main {


public static void main(String[] args) {
String text = "My number is 12345.";
String pattern = "\\d+";

Pattern p = Pattern.compile(pattern);
Matcher m = p.matcher(text);

while (m.find()) {
System.out.println("Found: " + m.group());
}
}
}

4. Useful Regex Examples


| Use Case | Pattern |
|--------------------------|------------------------------|
| Validate email | [\w.-]+@[\w.-]+\.\w+ |
| Only digits | ^\d+$ |
| Only letters | ^[a-zA-Z]+$ |
| Phone number (10 digits) | ^\d{10}$ |
| Password (min 8 chars, 1 digit, 1 letter) | ^(?=.*[A-Za-z])(?=.*\d).{8,}$ |

5. Pattern Flags

| Flag | Meaning |
|---------------------------|----------------------------------|
| Pattern.CASE_INSENSITIVE | Ignores case |
| Pattern.MULTILINE | ^ and $ match line starts/ends |
| Pattern.DOTALL | . matches newline too |

Usage:
Pattern p = Pattern.compile("abc", Pattern.CASE_INSENSITIVE);

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