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Explanation of the subexpression '(?> re)' in Java regular expressions

Subexpression/Meta-character " (?> re) "Match independent patterns without backtracking."

Example

import java.util.Scanner;
import java.util.regex.Matcher;
import java.util.regex.Pattern;
public class PatternExample {
   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.next();
      String regex = "(?>[0-9])";
      //Compile the regular expression
      Pattern pattern = Pattern.compile(regex);
      //Retrieve the matcher object
      Matcher matcher = pattern.matcher(input);
      //Verify whether a match occurs
      boolean bool = matcher.find();
      if(bool) {
         System.out.print("Match found");
      } else {
         System.out.print("Match not found");
      }
   }
}

Output result

Enter a String
9848022338
Match found