OnJava8-Examples/strings/TestRegularExpression.java
Bruce Eckel 49edcc8b17 reorg
2015-06-15 17:47:35 -07:00

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//: strings/TestRegularExpression.java
// ©2015 MindView LLC: see Copyright.txt
// Easily try out regular expressions.
// {Args: abcabcabcdefabc "abc+" "(abc)+" "(abc){2,}" }
import java.util.regex.*;
import static com.mindviewinc.util.Print.*;
public class TestRegularExpression {
public static void main(String[] args) {
if(args.length < 2) {
print("Usage:\njava TestRegularExpression " +
"characterSequence regularExpression+");
System.exit(0);
}
print("Input: \"" + args[0] + "\"");
for(String arg : args) {
print("Regular expression: \"" + arg + "\"");
Pattern p = Pattern.compile(arg);
Matcher m = p.matcher(args[0]);
while(m.find()) {
print("Match \"" + m.group() + "\" at positions " +
m.start() + "-" + (m.end() - 1));
}
}
}
} /* Output:
Input: "abcabcabcdefabc"
Regular expression: "abcabcabcdefabc"
Match "abcabcabcdefabc" at positions 0-14
Regular expression: "abc+"
Match "abc" at positions 0-2
Match "abc" at positions 3-5
Match "abc" at positions 6-8
Match "abc" at positions 12-14
Regular expression: "(abc)+"
Match "abcabcabc" at positions 0-8
Match "abc" at positions 12-14
Regular expression: "(abc){2,}"
Match "abcabcabc" at positions 0-8
*///:~