helping with regex in java.

[ndedhia1]

If I have a line that contains this: ProdBC02TradeSe rver24
and I want to break it up into BC02 and 24, how would I go about doing that.

Right now,
I am doing this: Prod(BC\\d+)\\S +(\\d+)
But that only breaks it up into:
BC02 and 4. I need 24, not just the 4.
Can someone show me what I am doing wrong

Thanks
Nirav

[jkmyoung]

The problem is that the regex picks the shortest match, eg the match with only 1 digit. I suggest adding the next character, whether that be space, end of line, eof, or other.

What class are you using to execute the regexp?

[ndedhia1]

I am importing these two lines:
[code=java]
import java.util.regex .Matcher;
import java.util.regex .Pattern;
[/code]

I am defining the regex expressing in a variable here:
[code=java]
public static String TSAssingmentFil ter = "Prod(BC\\d+)\\ S+(\\d+)\\s+(\\ w+)\\s+\\S+\\s+ (\\d+)\\s+(\\S* )\\s+(\\d+)";
[/code]

I am using this function to use the regex expression on the specific line:
[code=java]
if(OutlierUtili ties.getInstanc e().match(line, TSAssingmentFil ter))
[/code]

I am using this function to grep out what i am looking for:
[code=java]
public boolean match(String line,String regExp)
{
pattern = Pattern.compile (regExp);
matcher = pattern.matcher (line);
return matcher.find();
}
[/code]

[jkmyoung]

Insert a non digit character afterwards: \D or [^\d], and change the \\s+ to a \\s?

[ndedhia1]

so instead of this: Prod(BC\\d+)\\S +(\\d+)

are you saying I should try this: Prod(BC\\d+)\\S \\D(\\d+)

[jkmyoung]

"Prod(BC\\d+)\\ S+(\\d+)\\s+ ..."to
"Prod(BC\\d+)\\ S+(\\d+)[^\\d]\\s?..."

[ndedhia1]

Im sorry...im having trouble in this part:
Prod(BC\\d+)\\S+(\\d+)
But that only breaks it up into:
BC02 and 4. I need 24, not just the 4.

So i changed it to this and it worked:
[code=java]
public static String TSAssingmentFil ter = "Prod(BC\\d +)\\S+\\D(\\d+)\\s+(\\w+ )\\s+\\S+\\s+(\ \d+)\\s+(\\S*)\ \s+(\\d+)";
[/code]

THANKS A LOT FOR YOUR HELP!!!