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Posix character class \p{Lower} Java regex

This class matches lowercase letter characters, that is, a to z.

Example1

import java.util.Scanner;
import java.util.regex.Matcher;
import java.util.regex.Pattern;
public class Posix_LowerExample {
   public static void main( String args[] ) {
      //Regular expression matches lowercase letters
      String regex = "^\\p{Lower}";+$";
      //Get input data
      Scanner sc = new Scanner(System.in);
      System.out.println("Enter 5 input strings: ");
      String input[] = new String[5];
      for(int i=0; i<5; i++) {
         input[i] = sc.nextLine();
      }
      //Create a Pattern object
      Pattern p = Pattern.compile(regex);
      System.out.println("Strings with lower case letters: ");
      for(int i=0; i<5;i++) {
         //Create a Matcher object
         Matcher m = p.matcher(input[i]);
         if(m.matches()) {
            System.out.println(m.group());
         }
      }
   }
}

Output Result

Enter 5 input strings:
Raju
RAMU
rahman
radha
SUnDar*
Strings with lower case letters:
rahman
Radha

Example2

import java.util.Scanner;
import java.util.regex.Matcher;
import java.util.regex.Pattern;
public class Example {
   public static void main(String args[]) {
      //Read a string from the user
      System.out.println("Enter a string");
      Scanner sc = new Scanner(System.in);
      String input = sc.nextLine();
      //Regular expression
      String regex = "\\p{Lower}";
      //Compiling the regular expression
      Pattern pattern = Pattern.compile(regex);
      //Retrieve matcher object
      Matcher matcher = pattern.matcher(input);
      int count = 0;
      while(matcher.find()) {
         count++;
      }
      System.out.println("Number of lower case letters in given string:");+count);
   }
}

Output1

Enter a string
Hello How Are You
Number of lower case letters in given string: 10

Output2

Enter a string
WELCOME TO TUTORILASPOINT
Number of lower case letters in given string: 0