Java tutorial
import java.util.regex.Matcher; import java.util.regex.Pattern; public class Main { public static void main(String[] argv) throws Exception { CharSequence inputStr = "abbabcd"; String patternStr = "(a(b*))+(c*)"; // Compile and use regular expression Pattern pattern = Pattern.compile(patternStr); Matcher matcher = pattern.matcher(inputStr); boolean matchFound = matcher.find(); if (matchFound) { // Get all groups for this match for (int i = 0; i <= matcher.groupCount(); i++) { String groupStr = matcher.group(i); } } } }