Working with Groups: characters and digits
import java.util.regex.Matcher; import java.util.regex.Pattern; public class Main { public static void main(String args[]) { Pattern p = Pattern.compile("\\w\\d"); String candidate = "AAA C1 "; Matcher matcher = p.matcher(candidate); if (matcher.find()) { String tmp = matcher.group(0); System.out.println(tmp); } } }