Java tutorial
import java.util.regex.Matcher; import java.util.regex.Pattern; public class Main { public static void main(String args[]) { String regex = "\\w+"; Pattern pattern = Pattern.compile(regex); String candidate = "asdf Java2s.com"; Matcher matcher = pattern.matcher(candidate); if (matcher.find()) { System.out.println("GROUP 0:" + matcher.group(0)); } } }