Regex Patterns in Java

Question

I am using Regex Patterns and I need to check that the beginning of the String is an HTML Simple Text and return that String. So for example:

Hello World!<TAG> &nsbp;

Should return:

Hello World!

http://stackoverflow.com/questions/701166/can-you-provide-some-examples-of-why-it-is-hard-to-parse-xml-and-html-with-a-rege — Stephen C, Dec 11 '10 at 01:33

score 3 · Accepted Answer · edited Dec 11 '10 at 01:03

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Remember that if you're parsing large sections of text or entire files, you should force the String into a new reference otherwise you may get a memory leak due to substrings.

new String("Hello World!<TAG> &nsbp;".split("<")[0])

edited Dec 11 '10 at 01:03

BoltClock

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answered Dec 11 '10 at 00:34

David O'Meara

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THanks for the response but I need to use Regex expressions – Free Lancer Dec 11 '10 at 01:19
if you check the API for String.split, technically it is a regex :) – David O'Meara Dec 11 '10 at 12:15

score 0 · Answer 2 · answered Dec 10 '10 at 23:51

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"Hello World!<TAG> &nsbp;".split("<")[0]

should return Hello World!.

answered Dec 10 '10 at 23:51

thejh

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