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markspace wrote:
> On 4/4/2011 1:13 PM, Robert Klemme wrote:
>
>> if ( m.matches() ) {
>> for (m = number.matcher(m.group(1)); m.find();) {
>> int x = Integer.parse(m.group());
>> }
>
>
> Why re-invent the wheel?

For Integers, you're quite right. But the more
general question of repeated patterns is of interest.

   BugBear