Question

Please consider the following text :

  String tempStr =
            "$#<div style=\"text-align:left;\">$#Order-CAS No#$</div>$#abc#$";

    Pattern p = Pattern.compile("(?<=\\$#)(\\w*)(?=#\\$)");
    Matcher m = p.matcher(tempStr);

    List<String> tokens = new ArrayList<String>();
    while (m.find()) {
        System.out.println("Found a " + m.group() + ".");

but it give me just abc..i want answer as Order-CASNo and abc.

Answer 1

The expression \\w* does not match the hyphen or space. Try [\\w\\s-]* instead.

Pattern p = Pattern.compile("(?<=\\$#)([\\w\\s-]*)(?=#\\$)");

Read more about character classes here:

• Character Classes or Character Sets