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From: Daniele Futtorovic <da.futt.news@laposte-dot-net.invalid>
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Subject: Re: Confusion about String.matches method
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On 31/05/2011 22:15, laredotornado allegedly wrote:
> On May 31, 12:28 pm, Andreas Leitgeb<a...@gamma.logic.tuwien.ac.at>
> wrote:
>> laredotornado<laredotorn...@zipmail.com>  wrote:
>>> Hi,
>>> I'm using Java 1.6.  How would I modify my regular expression below
>>> ^Starting at \$32,000*$
>>
>> ^Starting at \$32,000\*$
>>
>>> so that it will match the string, "Starting at $32,000*".  In other
>>> words, I have
>>> String regEx = "^Starting at \\$32,000*$";
>>
>> String regEx = "^Starting at \\$32,000\\*$";
>>
>>> String text = "Starting at $32,000*";
>>> if (!text.matches(regEx)) {
>>>        throw new RuntimeException("does not match");
>>> }
>>> but the exception is always thrown.  Please let me know how can I
>>> modify my reg ex to match.  Thanks, - Dave
>>
>>
>
> Is there a way I can match an arbitrary string without having to
> escape everything?  I tried putting my token in quotes ...
>
> String regEx = "^Starting at (\"$32,000*\")$";
>
> but that failed to match.  - Dave

"^Starting at (\\Q" + (almost) arbitrary string + "\\E)$"

-- 
DF.
Determinism trumps correctness.