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 = "abc\ndef"; String patternStr = ".*c.+d.*"; Pattern pattern = Pattern.compile(patternStr, Pattern.DOTALL); Matcher matcher = pattern.matcher(inputStr); boolean matchFound = matcher.matches(); matchFound = pattern.matches(".*c.+d.*", "abc\r\ndef"); matchFound = pattern.matches("(?s).*c.+d.*", "abc\r\ndef"); } }