Java Tutorial : Java String [matches(String regex) method]

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Java Tutorial : Java String [matches(String regex) method]

MatchesDemo.java

/*
 * public boolean matches(String regex)
 * 
 * Parameters: 
 * ---------- 
 * regex - the regular expression to which this
 * string is to be matched
 * 
 * Returns: 
 * ------- 
 * true if, and only if, this string matches the
 * given regular expression
 * 
 * Throws:
 * ------ 
 * PatternSyntaxException - if the regular
 * expression's syntax is invalid
 */

public class MatchesDemo
{
    public static void main(String[] args)
    {

        String str = new String("Welcome to ramj2ee.com");

        System.out
                .print("\"Welcome to ramj2ee.com\".matches(\"Welcome(.*)\") = ");
        System.out.println(str.matches("Welcome(.*)"));

        System.out
                .print("\"Welcome to ramj2ee.com\".matches(\"(.*)ramj2ee(.*)\") = ");
        System.out.println(str.matches("(.*)ramj2ee(.*)"));

    }
}

Output

"Welcome to ramj2ee.com".matches("Welcome(.*)") = true
"Welcome to ramj2ee.com".matches("(.*)ramj2ee(.*)") = true

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