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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.*;
  7. /* Name of the class has to be "Main" only if the class is public. */
  8. class Ideone
  9. {
  10. public static void main (String[] args) throws java.lang.Exception
  11. {
  12. List<String> strs = Arrays.asList("TEST1 AVOID TEST2 2016 TEST3 TEST4", "TEST1 TEST2 2016 TEST3 TEST4", "TEST1 TEST2 2016 TEST3 TEST4 AVOID");
  13. String pat = "^(?!.*\\bAVOID\\b).*?\\b(\\d{4})\\b";
  14. for (String str : strs) {
  15. Matcher m = Pattern.compile(pat).matcher(str);
  16. if (m.find()) {
  17. System.out.println(m.group(1));
  18. } else {
  19. System.out.println("No match for " + str + " :(");
  20. }
  21. }
  22. }
  23. }
Success #stdin #stdout 0.1s 320576KB
stdin
Standard input is empty
stdout
No match for TEST1 AVOID TEST2 2016 TEST3 TEST4 :(
2016
No match for TEST1 TEST2 2016 TEST3 TEST4 AVOID :(