Matcher: group()

String group(): Returns the input subsequence matched by the previous match.


/*
 * Output:
Match: X
Match: XX
Match: XXX

 * */

import java.util.regex.Matcher;
import java.util.regex.Pattern;

public class MainClass {
    public static void main(String args[]) { 
      Pattern pat = Pattern.compile("X+"); 
      Matcher mat = pat.matcher("X XX XXX"); 
   
      while(mat.find()) 
        System.out.println("Match: " + mat.group());  
    } 
}