Regular expressions - pattern matching problem

[basm101]

Hi,

I am trying to match a string like this: test (AB12 A)
including the brackets.

So far, I have this code:

Pattern p = Pattern.compile("[A-Z]+/s+\\([A-Z]{2}[0-9]{2}/s+[A-Z]{1}\\)");
Matcher m = p.matcher(string to match in here);
boolean b = m.matches();
if(b){
  System.out.println("match seen");
}else{
System.out.println("Not a match");
}

As you may have guessed...it doesn't work. What am I doing wrong ? Am I right with the two backslashes to match a bracket and with the /s to match a blank space ?

thanks !

[r035198x]

Hi,

I am trying to match a string like this: test (AB12 A)
including the brackets.

So far, I have this code:

Pattern p = Pattern.compile("[A-Z]+/s+\\([A-Z]{2}[0-9]{2}/s+[A-Z]{1}\\)");
Matcher m = p.matcher(string to match in here);
boolean b = m.matches();
if(b){
  System.out.println("match seen");
}else{
System.out.println("Not a match");
}

As you may have guessed...it doesn't work. What am I doing wrong ? Am I right with the two backslashes to match a bracket and with the /s to match a blank space ?

thanks !

Do you want to match that particular string only or do you want to match all strings with that particular structure?

[basm101]

Do you want to match that particular string only or do you want to match all strings with that particular structure?

All strings with that structure. Sorry if I didnt make myself clear

thanks

[r035198x]

All strings with that structure. Sorry if I didnt make myself clear

thanks

And by "that structure" you mean any two capital letters followed by two digits followed by any one capital letter and all enclosed in brackets?

[basm101]

And by "that structure" you mean any two capital letters followed by two digits followed by any one capital letter and all enclosed in brackets?

yes that is exactly what I mean

[r035198x]

yes that is exactly what I mean

I see now that you are also trying to match a space so there should be a space before the last character?
In that case try

^\\([A-Z]{2}\\d{2}\\s[A-Z]{1}\\)$