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Learn Intermediate Java: Regular Expressions

Learn about regex, or regular expressions, and how to work with them in Java.

This course includes
This course includes

  • Skill level

    Intermediate

  • Time to complete

    Average based on combined completion rates — individual pacing in lessons, projects, and quizzes may vary
     
    1 hour

  • Projects

    1

  • Prerequisites

    1 course
     
    We suggest you complete the following courses before you get started with Learn Intermediate Java: Regular Expressions:
    • Learn Java

About this course

A regex, or regular expression, is a pattern represented by a sequence of characters. They’re used in search engines, word processors, text editors, and many other places due to their general use cases and base functionality. Many programming languages provide regex capabilities either from libraries or built straight into the language. Java is one such language that has an entire package dedicated to regex.

Skills you'll gain

  • Use quantifiers

  • Implement the Pattern and Matcher classes

  • Use capture groups and escape characters

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