Java tutorial
//package com.java2s; import java.util.ArrayList; import java.util.List; import java.util.regex.Matcher; import java.util.regex.Pattern; public class Main { public static List<String> matcher(String reg, String text) { List<String> matches = new ArrayList<String>(); Matcher m = Pattern.compile(reg).matcher(text); if (m.find()) { if (m.groupCount() > 0) { for (int i = 1; i <= m.groupCount(); i++) { matches.add(m.group(i)); } } } return matches; } }