Regular Expression Pocket Reference, 2nd Edition

Name

java.lang.String

Description

Methods for pattern matching.

Methods

boolean matches(Stringregex)

Return true if regex matches the entire String.

String[ ] split(Stringregex)

Return an array of the substrings surrounding matches of regex.

String [ ] split(Stringregex, intlimit)

Return an array of the substrings surrounding the first limit-1 matches of regex.

String replaceFirst(Stringregex, Stringreplacement)

Replace the substring matched by regex with replacement.

String replaceAll(Stringregex, Stringreplacement)

Replace all substrings matched by regex with replacement.