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  1. /* package whatever; // don't place package name! */
  2.  
  3. /* Name of the class has to be "Main" only if the class is public. */
  4. class Ideone
  5. {
  6. 	public static void main (String[] args) {
  7. 	    String example = "_Text_\n" +
  8. 	            "*text*\n" +
  9. 	            "~Text~\n" +
  10. 	            "`Text`\n" +
  11. 	            "_Text_\n" +     // is it only matching the first one?
  12. 	            "``` Text ```\n" +
  13. 	            "\\(Text\\)\n" +
  14. 	            "~Text~\n";
  15. 	    System.out.println(process(example));
  16. 	}
  17.  
  18. 	private static String process(String input) {
  19.         String processed = input.replaceAll("\\b_[^_]+_\\b", "underscore")
  20.             .replaceAll("\\B\\*[^*]+\\*\\B", "star")
  21.             .replaceAll("\\B```.+?```\\B", "backticks")
  22.             .replaceAll("\\B~[^~]+~\\B", "tilde")
  23.             .replaceAll("\\B`[^`]+`\\B", "tick")
  24.             .replaceAll("\\B\\\\\\(.*?\\\\\\)\\B", "backslashparen");
  25.  
  26.     	return processed;
  27. 	}
  28.  
  29. }
Success #stdin #stdout 0.08s 33888KB
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Standard input is empty
stdout 
underscore
star
tilde
tick
underscore
backticks
backslashparen
tilde
https://ideone.com/DP2aT8
language:
Java (HotSpot 12)
created:
4 years ago
visibility:
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