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From: Andreas Leitgeb <avl@gamma.logic.tuwien.ac.at>
Subject: Re: Confusion about String.matches method
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laredotornado <laredotornado@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