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How to match a set of characters (letter + any single character from set + letter) using RegEx in Java

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import java.util.regex.Pattern;
import java.util.regex.Matcher;

// b[aeou]y: This pattern looks for strings that match the following:
// b: The letter "b".
// [aeou]: Any single character that is either "a", "e", "o", or "u".
// y: The letter "y".

public class Program {
    public static boolean checkPattern(String pattern, String text) {
        Pattern re = Pattern.compile(pattern, Pattern.CASE_INSENSITIVE);
        Matcher matcher = re.matcher(text);
        
        return matcher.find();
    }

    public static void main(String[] args) {
        String pattern = "b[aeou]y";
        
        System.out.println(checkPattern(pattern, "A smart boy")); // b o y
        System.out.println(checkPattern(pattern, "I want to buy this laptop")); // b u y
        System.out.println(checkPattern(pattern, "baay"));
        System.out.println(checkPattern(pattern, "baeouy"));
        System.out.println(checkPattern(pattern, "baey"));
        System.out.println(checkPattern(pattern, "This is beauty"));
        System.out.println(checkPattern(pattern, "A programming book"));
    }
}


   
/*
run:
   
true
true
false
false
false
false
false
  
*/

 



answered Feb 25, 2025 by avibootz
edited Feb 25, 2025 by avibootz
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