Question

I have to check the string using Regular expression:

String a = "ABC(hello) or DEF("indianbatsmen") or GHK(welcome);

Here i will have to check the field DEF has double quotes or not.

I tried with :

if(!a.contains("DEF(\"w\")")){ }

It didnt work.

Answer 1

Try this:

boolean foundMatch = false;
Pattern regex = Pattern.compile("\\bDEF\\(\"[^\"]+\"\\)\\s+");
Matcher regexMatcher = regex.matcher(subjectString);
foundMatch = regexMatcher.find();

Not that this fails if your string contains escaped quotes.