Open In App

Matcher group() method in Java with Examples

Last Updated : 26 Nov, 2018
Comments
Improve
Suggest changes
Like Article
Like
Report
The group() method of Matcher Class is used to get the input subsequence matched by the previous match result. Syntax: 
public String group()
Parameters: This method do not takes any parameter. Return Value: This method returns the String which is the input subsequence matched by the previous match. Exception: This method throws IllegalStateException if no match has yet been attempted, or if the previous match operation failed. Below examples illustrate the Matcher.group() method: Example 1: Java 
// Java code to illustrate end() method

import java.util.regex.*;

public class GFG {
    public static void main(String[] args)
    {

        // Get the regex to be checked
        String regex = "(G*s)";

        // Create a pattern from regex
        Pattern pattern
            = Pattern.compile(regex);

        // Get the String to be matched
        String stringToBeMatched
            = "GeeksForGeeks";

        // Create a matcher for the input String
        Matcher matcher
            = pattern
                  .matcher(stringToBeMatched);

        // Get the current matcher state
        MatchResult result
            = matcher.toMatchResult();
        System.out.println("Current Matcher: "
                           + result);

        while (matcher.find()) {
            // Get the group matched using group() method
            System.out.println(matcher.group());
        }
    }
}
Output:
Current Matcher: java.util.regex.Matcher[pattern=(G*s) region=0, 13 lastmatch=] s s
Example 2: Java 
// Java code to illustrate end() method

import java.util.regex.*;

public class GFG {
    public static void main(String[] args)
    {

        // Get the regex to be checked
        String regex = "(G*G)";

        // Create a pattern from regex
        Pattern pattern
            = Pattern.compile(regex);

        // Get the String to be matched
        String stringToBeMatched
            = "GFG FGF GFG";

        // Create a matcher for the input String
        Matcher matcher
            = pattern
                  .matcher(stringToBeMatched);

        // Get the current matcher state
        MatchResult result
            = matcher.toMatchResult();
        System.out.println("Current Matcher: "
                           + result);

        while (matcher.find()) {
            // Get the group matched using group() method
            System.out.println(matcher.group());
        }
    }
}
Output:
Current Matcher: java.util.regex.Matcher[pattern=(G*G) region=0, 11 lastmatch=] G G G G G
Reference: Oracle Doc

K

Kirti_Mangal
Improve
Article Tags :

Explore

Lightbox