Question

I want to see if a given string matches 'test/*', where the asterisk is marking any characters. How can I implement this with Java regular expressions? I tried mystring.matches("test[/].*+"), but it did not work.

test - my String
[/]  - 1× forward slash
.    - any character
*+   - 0 or more times

What’s wrong here?

Answer 1

You’re using too much syntax. Try:

mystring.matches("test/.*")

The / doesn’t need to be in square brackets (although it would work the same anyway), and * means “repeat the previous thing zero or more times”. Your extra + on the end is likely causing your problem.