Android examples for java.util.regex:Numeric Pattern
match Negative float by regex
//package com.java2s; import java.util.regex.Matcher; import java.util.regex.Pattern; public class Main { private static final String V_NEGATIVE_FLOAT = "^-([1-9]\\d*.\\d*|0.\\d*[1-9]\\d*)$"; public static boolean Negative_float(String value) { return match(V_NEGATIVE_FLOAT, value); }/* w w w .j av a 2 s . com*/ private static boolean match(String regex, String str) { Pattern pattern = Pattern.compile(regex); Matcher matcher = pattern.matcher(str); return matcher.matches(); } }