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The meta-character "^" matches the beginning of a specific string, that is, it matches the first character of the string. For example,
expression " ^ \\ d " with strings that start with a number"/line match.
expression " ^ [az] "Match strings that start with a lowercase letter"/line.
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(); String regex = "^[^a-zA-Z0-9//s].*"; //compile the regular expression Pattern pattern = Pattern.compile(regex); //retrieve the matcher object Matcher matcher = pattern.matcher(input); if(matcher.matches()) { System.out.println("Match occurred"); } else { System.out.println("Match not occurred"); } } }
Output Result
Enter a String # starting with a special character Match occurred
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 = \ 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); for(int i=0; i<5;i++) { //Create a Matcher object Matcher m = p.matcher(input[i]); if(m.find()) { System.out.println("String ")+i+" ends with '.' "); } } } }
Output Result
Enter 5 input strings: hello, how are you? where do you live? what is your name? welcome to w3codebox The biggest online tutorials library. String 0 ends with '.' String 2 ends with '.' String 4 ends with '.'
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 = "^[A-Z]"; 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); for(int i=0; i<5;i++) { //Create a Matcher object Matcher m = p.matcher(input[i]); if(m.find()) { System.out.println("String ")+i+" starts with a capital letter "); } } } }
Output Result
Enter 5 input strings: Sample text1 sample text2 hello how are you Welcome to w3codebox Good morning String 0 starts with a capital letter String 3 starts with a capital letter String 4 starts with a capital letter