一。start 和end 方法
下面是一个对单词"cat"出现在输入字符串中出现次数进行计数的例子：
public class RegexMatches{ private static final String REGEX = "\\bcat\\b"; //边界 private static final String INPUT = "cat cat cat cattie cat"; public static void main( String args[] ){ Pattern p = Pattern.compile(REGEX); Matcher m = p.matcher(INPUT); // 获取 matcher 对象 int count = 0; while(m.find()) { count++; System.out.println("Match number "+count); System.out.println("start(): "+m.start()); System.out.println("end(): "+m.end()); } } }
结果：
Match number 1 start(): 0 end(): 3 Match number 2 start(): 4 end(): 7 Match number 3 start(): 8 end(): 11 Match number 4 start(): 19 end(): 22
二。matches 和lookingAt 方法
matches 和lookingAt 方法都用来尝试匹配一个输入序列模式。它们的不同是matcher要求整个序列都匹配，而lookingAt 不要求。
public class RegexMatches{ private static final String REGEX = "foo"; private static final String INPUT = "fooooooooooooooooo"; private static Pattern pattern; private static Matcher matcher; public static void main( String args[] ){ pattern = Pattern.compile(REGEX); matcher = pattern.matcher(INPUT); System.out.println("Current REGEX is: "+REGEX); System.out.println("Current INPUT is: "+INPUT); System.out.println("lookingAt(): "+matcher.lookingAt()); System.out.println("matches(): "+matcher.matches()); } }
结果：
Current REGEX is: foo Current INPUT is: fooooooooooooooooo lookingAt(): true matches(): false