Java Regular Expression Tutorial

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java has comprehensive support for Regular Expression functionality through the java.util.regex package. The regular expression language is easy to learn but hard to master, the better way to learn it is through examples. In theoretical, regular expression can match almost any stuff you want, the only limitation is in your imagination.

Happy learning Java Regular Expression :)

• Username regular expression
  Username regular expression example in Java and unit tested with TestNG.

  ^[a-z0-9_-]{3,15}$

• Password regular expression
  Password regular expression example in Java and unit tested with TestNG.

  ((?=.*\d)(?=.*[a-z])(?=.*[A-Z])(?=.*[@#$%]).{6,20})

• Hex color code regular expression
  Hex color code regular expression example in Java and unit tested with TestNG.

  ^#([A-Fa-f0-9]{6}|[A-Fa-f0-9]{3})$

• E-mail address regular expression
  E-mail address regular expression example in Java and unit tested with TestNG.

  ^[_A-Za-z0-9-]+(\\.[_A-Za-z0-9-]+)*@
  [A-Za-z0-9]+(\\.[A-Za-z0-9]+)*(\\.[A-Za-z]{2,})$

• Image file extension regular expression
  Image file extension regular expression example in Java and unit tested with TestNG.

  ([^\s]+(\.(?i)(jpg|png|gif|bmp))$)

• IP Address regular expression
  IP Address regular expression example in Java and unit tested with TestNG.

  ^([01]?\\d\\d?|2[0-4]\\d|25[0-5])\\.([01]?\\d\\d?|2[0-4]\\d|25[0-5])\\.
  ([01]?\\d\\d?|2[0-4]\\d|25[0-5])\\.([01]?\\d\\d?|2[0-4]\\d|25[0-5])$

• Time in 12 Hours format regular expression
  Time in 12 Hours format regular expression example in Java and unit tested with TestNG.

  (1[012]|[1-9]):[0-5][0-9](\\s)?(?i)(am|pm)

• Time in 24 Hours format regular expression
  Time in 24 Hours format regular expression example in Java and unit tested with TestNG.

  ([01]?[0-9]|2[0-3]):[0-5][0-9]

• Date regular expression
  Date regular expression example in Java and unit tested with TestNG.

  (0?[1-9]|[12][0-9]|3[01])/(0?[1-9]|1[012])/((19|20)\\d\\d)

• HTML tag regular expression
  HTML tag regular expression example in Java and unit tested with TestNG.

  <("[^"]*"|'[^']*'|[^'">])*>

• HTML Links regular expression
  HTML links regular expression example in Java and unit tested with TestNG.

  (?i)<a([^>]+)>(.+?)</a>

  \s*(?i)href\s*=\s*(\"([^"]*\")|'[^']*'|([^'">\s]+));