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Subexpression/The meta-character "re {n}" exactly matches the n-th occurrence of the preceding expression.
import java.util.regex.Matcher; import java.util.regex.Pattern; public class RegexExample { public static void main( String args[] ) { String regex = "to{1"; String input = "Welcome to w3codebox"; Pattern p = Pattern.compile(regex); Matcher m = p.matcher(input); int count = 0; while(m.find()) { count++; } System.out.println("Number of matches: "+count); } }
Output result
Number of matches: 2
Follow Java program to read age value from user, it only allows a two-digit number.
import java.util.Scanner; import java.util.regex.Matcher; import java.util.regex.Pattern; public class RegexExample { public static void main( String args[] ) { String regex = "\\d{2"; System.out.println("Please enter your age:"); Scanner sc = new Scanner(System.in); String input = sc.nextLine(); Pattern p = Pattern.compile(regex); Matcher m = p.matcher(input); if(m.matches()) { else { } System.out.println("Age value not accepted"); } } }
Please enter your age: 25 Age value accepted
Please enter your age: 2252 Age value not accepted
Please enter your age: twenty Age value not accepted