Regular Expression Pocket Reference

Name

java.util.regex.Pattern

Description

Models a regular expression pattern.

Methods

static Pattern compile(String regex)

Construct a Pattern object from regex.

static Pattern compile(String regex, int flags)

Construct a new Pattern object out of regex and the OR’d mode-modifier constants flags.

int flags( )

Return the Pattern’s mode modifiers.

Matcher matcher(CharSequence input)

Construct a Matcher object that will match this Pattern against input.

static boolean matches(String regex, CharSequence input)

Return true if regex matches the entire string input.

String pattern( )

Return the regular expression used to create this Pattern.

String[ ] split(CharSequence input)

Return an array of the substrings surrounding matches of this Pattern in input.

String[ ] split(CharSequence input, int limit)

Return an array of the substrings surrounding the first limit matches of this pattern in regex.