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