I was involved in a recent discussion on the "best" way to remove a given parameter from a URL string. The conversation began with using string primitives to split and join the parameter, a method ...

This tutorial delves into how regular expressions can be applied in Java for effective pattern matching and text processing. Specifically, it focuses on crafting a regular expression that can identify ...

This is a program that uses regular expression to validate an IP address input by a user. This program is implemented by using the Java String method "matches(String regex)" which returns a boolean ...

The first half of this tutorial introduced you to regular expressions and the Regex API. You learned about the Pattern class, then worked through examples demonstrating regex constructs, from basic ...

Regular expressions are an area of computing that most of us know a little about, have a rough understanding of, but have often avoided using except when absolutely necessary. In the past, they often ...

Java’s character and assorted string classes offer low-level support for pattern matching, but that support typically leads to complex code. For simpler and more efficient coding, Java offers the ...

Like riding a bike, knowledge of regular expressions will stay with you forever, allowing you to manipulate text quickly and easily. In this part of the series, Ondrej focuses in on groups, ...