[JAVA] Regular expression basics

Overview

Let's take a look at regular expressions using irb.

irb

irb(main):001:0> name = "taro"
=> "taro"
irb(main):002:0> name.sub(/taro/,"kotaro")
=> "kotaro"

I'm using the sub method to replace the word taro with kotaro. Specify the character string to be replaced in the first argument, and describe the converted character string in the second argument.


irb(main):004:0> name.match(/taro/)
=> #<MatchData "taro">
irb(main):005:0> name.match(/bob/)
=> nil

The match method is used to check if the specified string is included in the argument. If it is included, the specified string will be returned as a MatchData object as a return value. If it is not included, nil will be returned.

irb(main):006:0> array = name.match(/taro/)
=> #<MatchData "taro">
irb(main):007:0> array[0]
=> "taro"

Since the MatchData object is an array, you can get the value by doing the above.

irb(main):008:0> phoneNumber = "080-1234-5678"
=> "080-1234-5678"
irb(main):009:0> phoneNumber.gsub(/-/,"")
=> "08012345678"

If you want to get rid of hyphens in your phone number, use the gsub method because using the sub method will only replace the first hyphen. g is a global match that replaces all of the specified strings if they are included.

irb(main):010:0> myPassword = "Taro0123"
=> "Taro0123"
irb(main):012:0> myPassword.match(/[a-z\d]{8,10}/i)
=> #<MatchData "Taro0123">
irb(main):013:0> myPassword.match(/[a-c\d]/i)
=> #<MatchData "a">
irb(main):014:0> myPassword.match(/[a-c\d]{8,}/i)
=> nil

・ [A-z] matches any one of the letters a to z ・ \ D matches the number ・ {8,10} matches the character string that appears at least 8 times and at most 10 times. ・ I searches in a case-insensitive manner is what it means.

irb(main):015:0> myAddress = "[email protected]"
=> "[email protected]"
irb(main):016:0> myAddress.match(/@.+/)
=> #<MatchData "@gmail.jp">
irb(main):017:0> 

To get the domain of your email address . Matches any single character

Thank you for reading this article.

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