Java Regular Expression Statement

A Java Regular Expression Statement is a regular string expression statement that is a Java statement.

• See: Perl Regular Expression Statement.

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References

2010

• http://docs.oracle.com/javase/1.4.2/docs/api/java/util/regex/Pattern.html
  • QUOTE: A compiled representation of a regular expression. A regular expression, specified as a string, must first be compiled into an instance of this class. The resulting pattern can then be used to create a Matcher object that can match arbitrary character sequences against the regular expression. All of the state involved in performing a match resides in the matcher, so many matchers can share the same pattern. A typical invocation sequence is thus:

    Pattern p = Pattern.compile("a*b");
Matcher m = p.matcher("aaaaab");
boolean b = m.matches();

2002

• http://java.sun.com/developer/technicalArticles/releases/1.4regex/
  • A regular expression is a pattern of characters that describes a set of strings.

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