java 正则 匹配个数,如何计算正则表达式的匹配数？

Let's say I have a string which contains this:

HelloxxxHelloxxxHello

I compile a pattern to look for 'Hello'

Pattern pattern = Pattern.compile("Hello");

Matcher matcher = pattern.matcher("HelloxxxHelloxxxHello");

It should find three matches. How can I get a count of how many matches there were?

I've tried various loops and using the matcher.groupCount() but it didn't work.

解决方案

matcher.find() does not find all matches, only the next match.

Solution for Java 9+

long matches = matcher.results().count();

Solution for Java 8 and older

int count = 0;

while (matcher.find())

count++;

Btw, matcher.groupCount() is something completely different.

Complete example:

import java.util.regex.*;

class Test {

public static void main(String[] args) {

String hello = "HelloxxxHelloxxxHello";

Pattern pattern = Pattern.compile("Hello");

Matcher matcher = pattern.matcher(hello);

int count = 0;

while (matcher.find())

count++;

System.out.println(count); // prints 3

}

}

Handling overlapping matches

When counting matches of aa in aaaa the above snippet will give you 2.

aaaa

aa

aa

To get 3 matches, i.e. this behavior:

aaaa

aa

aa

aa

You have to search for a match at index + 1 as follows:

String hello = "aaaa";

Pattern pattern = Pattern.compile("aa");

Matcher matcher = pattern.matcher(hello);

int count = 0;

int i = 0;

while (matcher.find(i)) {

count++;

i = matcher.start() + 1;

}

System.out.println(count); // prints 3