java 正则 相同的字符,正则表达式确定字符串是否是单个重复字符

What is the regex pattern to determine if a string solely consists of a single repeating character?

e.g.

"aaaaaaa" = true

"aaabbbb" = false

"$$$$$$$" =

true

This question checks if a string only contains repeating characters (e.g. "aabb") however I need to determine if it is a single repeating character.

解决方案

You can try with back reference

^(.)\1{1,}$

Pattern Explanation:

^ the beginning of the string

( group and capture to \1:

. any character except \n

) end of \1

\1{1,} what was matched by capture \1 (at least 1 times)

$ the end of the string

Backreferences match the same text as previously matched by a capturing group. The backreference \1 (backslash one) references the first capturing group. \1 matches the exact same text that was matched by the first capturing group.

In Java you can try

"aaaaaaaa".matches("(.)\\1+") // true

There is no need for ^ and $ because String.matches() looks for whole string match.