Java tutorial
import java.util.regex.Matcher; import java.util.regex.Pattern; public class MainClass { public static void main(String[] args) { String[] input = new String[] { "Java has regular expressions in 1.4", "regular expressions now expressing in Java", "Java represses oracular expressions" }; Pattern p1 = Pattern.compile("re\\w*"), p2 = Pattern.compile("Java.*"); for (int i = 0; i < input.length; i++) { System.out.println("input " + i + ": " + input[i]); Matcher m1 = p1.matcher(input[i]), m2 = p2.matcher(input[i]); if (m1.lookingAt()) // No reset() necessary System.out.println("m1.lookingAt() start = " + m1.start() + " end = " + m1.end()); } } } /* */