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  1. /* package whatever; // don't place package name! */
  2.  
  3. import java.util.*;
  4. import java.lang.*;
  5. import java.io.*;
  6. import java.util.regex.Matcher;
  7. import java.util.regex.Pattern;
  8.  
  9. /* Name of the class has to be "Main" only if the class is public. */
  10. class Ideone
  11. {
  12. public static void main (String[] args) throws java.lang.Exception
  13. {
  14. String text = "chill hit donkey chicken car roast pink rat tree";
  15. String regex = "((?:\\w+\\W?){3})(?:(\\W+|$))";
  16. Matcher m = Pattern.compile(regex).matcher(text);
  17. while (m.find()) {
  18. System.out.println(String.format("'%s'", m.group(1)));
  19. }
  20. }
  21. }
Success #stdin #stdout 0.1s 320576KB
stdin
Standard input is empty
stdout
'chill hit donkey'
'chicken car roast'
'pink rat tree'