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MatchResult end(int group) method in Java with examples.

Maruthi Krishna
Maruthi Krishna
Updated on 11-Mar-2026 145 Views

The java.util.regex.MatcheResult interface provides methods to retrieve the results of a match.You can get an object of this interface using the toMatchResult() method of the Matcher class. This method returns a MatchResult object which represents the match state of the current matcher.The end(int group) method of this interface accepts an integer representing a particular group and returns the offset after the last match occurred in the specified group.Exampleimport java.util.Scanner; import java.util.regex.MatchResult; import java.util.regex.Matcher; import java.util.regex.Pattern; public class Example {    public static void main( String args[] ) {       String regex = "(.*)(\d+)(.*)";       //Reading input ...

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Character class: intersection - Java regular expressions

Maruthi Krishna
Maruthi Krishna
Updated on 11-Mar-2026 370 Views

The character classes in Java regular expression is defined using the square brackets "[ ]", this subexpression matches a single character from the specified or, set of possible characters. For example the regular expression [abc] matches a single character a or, b or, c.The intersection variant of the character class allows you to match a character which is common in the ranges that have intersection relation between them.An intersection relation between ranges is defined using && i.e. the expression [a-z&&[r-u]] matches a single character from r to u.Exampleimport java.util.Scanner; import java.util.regex.Matcher; import java.util.regex.Pattern; public class RegexExample1 {    public static ...

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Character class: subtraction - Java regular expressions

Maruthi Krishna
Maruthi Krishna
Updated on 11-Mar-2026 564 Views

You can subtract one range from other and use it as new range. You can achieve this by using two variants of character classes i.e. negation and intersection.For example the intersection of ranges [a-l] and [^e-h] gives you the characters a to l as rage subtracting the characters [e-h]Exampleimport java.util.Scanner; import java.util.regex.Matcher; import java.util.regex.Pattern; public class RegexExample1 {    public static void main(String[] args) {       Scanner sc = new Scanner(System.in);       System.out.println("Enter input text: ");       String input = sc.nextLine();       String regex = "[a-l&&[^e-h]]";       //Creating a pattern ...

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Regular Expression Q Metacharacter in Java

Maruthi Krishna
Maruthi Krishna
Updated on 11-Mar-2026 1K+ Views

The subexpression/metacharacter "\Q" escapes all characters up to "\E" i.e. you can escape metacharacters in the regular expressions by placing them in between \Q and \E. For example, the expression [aeiou] matches the strings with vowel letters in it.Example import java.util.Scanner; import java.util.regex.Matcher; import java.util.regex.Pattern; public class SampleProgram {    public static void main( String args[] ) {       String regex = "[aeiou]";       Scanner sc = new Scanner(System.in);       System.out.println("Enter input string: ");       String input = sc.nextLine();       //Creating a Pattern object       Pattern pattern = Pattern.compile(regex); ...

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Java program to remove all numbers in a string except "1" and "2"?

Maruthi Krishna
Maruthi Krishna
Updated on 11-Mar-2026 286 Views

The regular expression "(?digit(?!\d)" matches the digit specified.The replaceAll() method accepts two strings: a regular expression pattern and, the replacement string and replaces the pattern with the specified string.Therefore, to remove all numbers in a string except 1 and 2, replace the regular expressions 1 and 2 with one and two respectively and replace all the other digits with an empty string.Exampleimport java.util.Scanner; public class RegexExample {    public static void main(String args[]) {       //Reading String from user       System.out.println("Enter a String");       Scanner sc = new Scanner(System.in);       String input ...

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Java regex program to match parenthesis "(" or, ")".

Maruthi Krishna
Maruthi Krishna
Updated on 11-Mar-2026 6K+ Views

Following regular expression accepts a string with parenthesis −"^.*[\(\)].*$";^ matches the starting of the sentence..* Matches zero or more (any) characters.[\(\)] matching parenthesis.$ indicates the end of the sentence.Example 1import java.util.Scanner; import java.util.regex.Matcher; import java.util.regex.Pattern; public class SampleTest {    public static void main( String args[] ) {       String regex = "^.*[\(\)].*$";       //Reading input from user       Scanner sc = new Scanner(System.in);       System.out.println("Enter data: ");       String input = sc.nextLine();       //Instantiating the Pattern class       Pattern pattern = Pattern.compile(regex);       ...

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Counting the number of groups Java regular expression

Maruthi Krishna
Maruthi Krishna
Updated on 11-Mar-2026 1K+ Views

You can treat multiple characters as a single unit by capturing them as groups. You just need to place these characters inside a set of parentheses.You can count the number of groups in the current match using the groupCount() method of the Matcher class. This method calculates the number of capturing groups in the current match and returns it.Exampleimport java.util.regex.Matcher; import java.util.regex.Pattern; public class Test {    public static void main(String[] args) {       String str1 = "This is an example HTML script where ever alternative word is bold.";       //Regular expression to match contents of ...

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Regular expression "[X?+] " Metacharacter Java

Maruthi Krishna
Maruthi Krishna
Updated on 11-Mar-2026 233 Views

The Possessive Quantifier [X?+] matches the X present once or not present at all.Examplepackage com.tutorialspoint; import java.util.regex.Matcher; import java.util.regex.Pattern; public class PossesiveQuantifierDemo {    private static final String REGEX = "T?+";    private static final String INPUT = "abcdTatW";    public static void main(String[] args) {       // create a pattern       Pattern pattern = Pattern.compile(REGEX);       // get a matcher object       Matcher matcher = pattern.matcher(INPUT);       while(matcher.find()) {          //Prints the start index of the match.          System.out.println("Match String start(): "+matcher.start());   ...

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Non capturing groups Java regular expressions:

Maruthi Krishna
Maruthi Krishna
Updated on 11-Mar-2026 1K+ Views

Using capturing groups you can treat multiple characters as a single unit. You just need to place the characters to be grouped inside a set of parentheses. For example −(.*)(\d+)(.*)If you are trying to match multiple groups the match results of each group is captured. You can get the results a group by passing its respective group number to the group() method. 1, 2, 3 etc.. (from right to left) group 0 indicates the whole match.Exampleimport java.util.Scanner; import java.util.regex.Matcher; import java.util.regex.Pattern; public class CapturingGroups {    public static void main( String args[] ) {       System.out.println("Enter input text"); ...

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Getting the list of all the matches Java regular expressions

Maruthi Krishna
Maruthi Krishna
Updated on 11-Mar-2026 11K+ Views

Java does not provide any method to retrieve the list of all matches we need to use Lists and add the results to it in the while loop.Exampleimport java.util.ArrayList; import java.util.Iterator; import java.util.Scanner; import java.util.regex.Matcher; import java.util.regex.Pattern; public class ListOfMatches{    public static void main(String[] args) {       Scanner sc = new Scanner(System.in);       System.out.println("Enter input text: ");       String input = sc.nextLine();       String regex = "\d+";       //Creating a pattern object       Pattern pattern = Pattern.compile(regex);       ArrayList list = new ArrayList();     ...

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