Regex is not matching properly

Question

The below code always print "no". Any ideas ?

import java.util.*;
import java.lang.*;
import java.util.regex.Matcher;
import java.util.regex.Pattern;

class Rextester
{  
    public static void main(String args[])
    {
        String field= "superCategory(code)[composite={catalog: $catalog}]";

        Pattern FULL_PATTERN = Pattern
            .compile("\\[composite\\s*=\\s*\\{([^)]+)\\}\\]");

        final Matcher matcher = FULL_PATTERN.matcher(field);
        if (matcher.matches()) {
          System.out.println("yes");
        } else {
          System.out.println("no");

        }
    }
}

Use `.find()` instead of `.matches()` – anubhava Aug 05 '17 at 18:22 — anubhava, Aug 05 '17 at 18:22

score 0 · Accepted Answer · answered Aug 05 '17 at 18:22

0

You should find the pattern, not matches:

if (matcher.find()) {

answered Aug 05 '17 at 18:22

Gábor Bakos

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