Java tutorial
import java.util.regex.Matcher; import java.util.regex.Pattern; public class Main { public static void main(String[] args) { String patternStr = "b"; Pattern pattern = Pattern.compile(patternStr); CharSequence inputStr = "a b c b"; Matcher matcher = pattern.matcher(inputStr); boolean matchFound = matcher.find(); System.out.println(matchFound); String match = matcher.group(); System.out.println(match); int start = matcher.start(); int end = matcher.end(); System.out.println(start); System.out.println(end); matchFound = matcher.find(); } }