Last Updated : 26 Nov, 2018
The
matches()method of
Matcher Classis used to get the result whether this pattern matches with this matcher or not. It returns a boolean value showing the same.
Syntax:public boolean matches()Parameters:
This method do not takes any parameter.
Return Value:This method returns a
boolean valueshowing whether this pattern matches with this matcher or not. Below examples illustrate the Matcher.matches() method:
Example 1: Java
// Java code to illustrate matches() method
import java.util.regex.*;
public class GFG {
public static void main(String[] args)
{
// Get the regex to be checked
String regex = "Geeks";
// Create a pattern from regex
Pattern pattern
= Pattern.compile(regex);
// Get the String to be matched
String stringToBeMatched
= "GeeksForGeeks";
// Create a matcher for the input String
Matcher matcher
= pattern
.matcher(stringToBeMatched);
// Get the result state
// using matches() method
System.out.println("Result: "
+ matcher.matches());
}
}
Example 2: Java
// Java code to illustrate matches() method
import java.util.regex.*;
public class GFG {
public static void main(String[] args)
{
// Get the regex to be checked
String regex = "GFG";
// Create a pattern from regex
Pattern pattern
= Pattern.compile(regex);
// Get the String to be matched
String stringToBeMatched
= "GFGFGFGFGFGFGFGFGFG";
// Create a matcher for the input String
Matcher matcher
= pattern
.matcher(stringToBeMatched);
// Get the result state
// using matches() method
System.out.println("Result: "
+ matcher.matches());
}
}
Reference: Oracle Doc
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