មេរៀនទី៤៥: Java Regex

Regex API
Java Regex ឬ Regular Expression គឺជា API to define pattern for searching or manipulating strings.
Regex Tester Tool.
Java Regex API ផ្តល់1 interface និង 3 classes ក្នុង java.util.regex package.
java.util.regex package
វាផ្តល់ classes និង interface ដូចខាងក្រោមសម្រាប់ regular expressions។ Matcher និង Pattern classes ប្រើក្នុង java regular expression.
1.    MatchResult interface
2.    Matcher class
3.    Pattern class
4.    PatternSyntaxException class
Matcher class
It implements MatchResult interface. It is a regex engine i.e. used to perform match operations on a character sequence.

No.	Method	ការព៌ណនា
1	boolean matches()	test whether the regular expression matches the pattern.
2	boolean find()	finds the next expression that matches the pattern.
3	boolean find(int start)	finds the next expression that matches the pattern from the given start number.

Pattern class
It is the compiled version of a regular expression. It is used to define a pattern for the regex engine.

No.	Method	ការព៌ណនា
1	static Pattern compile(String regex)	compiles the given regex and return the instance of pattern.
2	Matcher matcher(CharSequence input)	creates a matcher that matches the given input with pattern.
3	static boolean matches(String regex, CharSequence input)	It works as the combination of compile and matcher methods. It compiles the regular expression and matches the given input with the pattern.
4	String[] split(CharSequence input)	splits the given input string around matches of given pattern.
5	String pattern()	returns the regex pattern.

ឧទាហរណ៍នៃ Java Regular Expressions
There are three ways to write the regex example in java.
import java.util.regex.*;
public class RegexExample1{
public static void main(String args[]){
//1st way
Pattern p = Pattern.compile(“.s”);//. represents single character
Matcher m = p.matcher(“as”);
boolean b = m.matches();
//2nd way
boolean b2=Pattern.compile(“.s”).matcher(“as”).matches();
//3rd way
boolean b3 = Pattern.matches(“.s”, ”as”);
System.out.println(b+” ”+b2+” ”+b3);
}}
Output
true true true

Regular Expression . Example
The . (dot) represents a single character.
import java.util.regex.*;
class RegexExample2{
public static void main(String args[]){
System.out.println(Pattern.matches(“.s”, ”as”));//true (2nd char is s)
System.out.println(Pattern.matches(“.s”, ”mk”));//false (2nd char is not s)
System.out.println(Pattern.matches(“.s”, ”mst”));//false (has more than 2 char)
System.out.println(Pattern.matches(“.s”, ”amms”));//false (has more than 2 char)
System.out.println(Pattern.matches(“..s”, ”mas”));//true (3rd char is s)
}}

Regex Character classes

No.	Character Class	Description
1	[abc]	a, b, or c (simple class)
2	[^abc]	Any character except a, b, or c (negation)
3	[a-zA-Z]	a through z or A through Z, inclusive (range)
4	[a-d[m-p]]	a through d, or m through p: [a-dm-p] (union)
5	[a-z&&[def]]	d, e, or f (intersection)
6	[a-z&&[^bc]]	a through z, except for b and c: [ad-z] (subtraction)
7	[a-z&&[^m-p]]	a through z, and not m through p: [a-lq-z](subtraction)

Regular Expression Character classes Example
import java.util.regex.*;
class RegexExample3{
public static void main(String args[]){
System.out.println(Pattern.matches(“[amn]“, ”abcd”));//false (not a or m or n)
System.out.println(Pattern.matches(“[amn]“, ”a”));//true (among a or m or n)
System.out.println(Pattern.matches(“[amn]“, ”ammmna”));//false (m and a comes more than once)
}}

Regex Quantifiers
The quantifiers specify the number of occurrences of a character.

Regex	Description
X?	X occurs once or not at all
X+	X occurs once or more times
X*	X occurs zero or more times
X{n}	X occurs n times only
X{n,}	X occurs n or more times
X{y,z}	X occurs at least y times but less than z times

Regular Expression Character classes and Quantifiers Example
import java.util.regex.*;
class RegexExample4{
public static void main(String args[]){
System.out.println(“? quantifier ….”);
System.out.println(Pattern.matches(“[amn]?”, ”a”));//true (a or m or n comes one time)
System.out.println(Pattern.matches(“[amn]?”, ”aaa”));//false (a comes more than one time)
System.out.println(Pattern.matches(“[amn]?”, ”aammmnn”));//false (a m and n comes more than one time)
System.out.println(Pattern.matches(“[amn]?”, ”aazzta”));//false (a comes more than one time)
System.out.println(Pattern.matches(“[amn]?”, ”am”));//false (a or m or n must come one time)
System.out.println(“+ quantifier ….”);
System.out.println(Pattern.matches(“[amn]+”, ”a”));//true (a or m or n once or more times)
System.out.println(Pattern.matches(“[amn]+”, ”aaa”));//true (a comes more than one time)
System.out.println(Pattern.matches(“[amn]+”, ”aammmnn”));//true (a or m or n comes more than once)
System.out.println(Pattern.matches(“[amn]+”, ”aazzta”));//false (z and t are not matching pattern)
System.out.println(“* quantifier ….”);
System.out.println(Pattern.matches(“[amn]*”, ”ammmna”));//true (a or m or n may come zero or more times)
}}

Regex Metacharacters
The regular expression metacharacters work as a short codes.

Regex	Description
.	Any character (may or may not match terminator)
\d	Any digits, short of [0-9]
\D	Any non-digit, short for [^0-9]
\s	Any whitespace character, short for [\t\n\x0B\f\r]
\S	Any non-whitespace character, short for [^\s]
\w	Any word character, short for [a-zA-Z_0-9]
\W	Any non-word character, short for [^\w]
\b	A word boundary
\B	A non word boundary

Regular Expression Metacharacters Example
import java.util.regex.*;
class RegexExample5{
public static void main(String args[]){
System.out.println(“metacharacters d….”);\\d means digit
System.out.println(Pattern.matches(“\\d”, ”abc”));//false (non-digit)
System.out.println(Pattern.matches(“\\d”, ”1″));//true (digit and comes once)
System.out.println(Pattern.matches(“\\d”, ”4443″));//false (digit but comes more than once)
System.out.println(Pattern.matches(“\\d”, ”323abc”));//false (digit and char)
System.out.println(“metacharacters D….”);\\D means non-digit
System.out.println(Pattern.matches(“\\D”, ”abc”));//false (non-digit but comes more than once)
System.out.println(Pattern.matches(“\\D”, ”1″));//false (digit)
System.out.println(Pattern.matches(“\\D”, ”4443″));//false (digit)
System.out.println(Pattern.matches(“\\D”, ”323abc”));//false (digit and char)
System.out.println(Pattern.matches(“\\D”, ”m”));//true (non-digit and comes once)
System.out.println(“metacharacters D with quantifier….”);
System.out.println(Pattern.matches(“\\D*”, ”mak”));//true (non-digit and may come 0 or more times)
}}
Regular Expression Question 1
/*Create a regular expression that accepts alpha numeric characters only. Its
length must be 6 characters long only.*/
import java.util.regex.*;
class RegexExample6{
public static void main(String args[]){
System.out.println(Pattern.matches(“[a-zA-Z0-9]{6}”, ”arun32″));//true
System.out.println(Pattern.matches(“[a-zA-Z0-9]{6}”, ”kkvarun32″));//false (more than 6 char)
System.out.println(Pattern.matches(“[a-zA-Z0-9]{6}”, ”JA2Uk2″));//true
System.out.println(Pattern.matches(“[a-zA-Z0-9]{6}”, ”arun$2″));//false ($ is not matched)
}}
Regular Expression Question 2
/*Create a regular expression that accepts 10 digit numeric characters
starting with 7, 8 or 9 only.*/
import java.util.regex.*;
class RegexExample7{
public static void main(String args[]){
System.out.println(“by character classes and quantifiers …”);
System.out.println(Pattern.matches(“[789]{1}[0-9]{9}”, ”9953038949″));//true
System.out.println(Pattern.matches(“[789][0-9]{9}”, ”9953038949″));//true
System.out.println(Pattern.matches(“[789][0-9]{9}”, ”99530389490″));//false (11 characters)
System.out.println(Pattern.matches(“[789][0-9]{9}”, ”6953038949″));//false (starts from 6)
System.out.println(Pattern.matches(“[789][0-9]{9}”, ”8853038949″));//true
System.out.println(“by metacharacters …”);
System.out.println(Pattern.matches(“[789]{1}\\d{9}”, ”8853038949″));//true
System.out.println(Pattern.matches(“[789]{1}\\d{9}”, ”3853038949″));//false (starts from 3)
}}