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  1. /* package whatever; // don't place package name! */
  2.  
  3. import java.util.*;
  4. import java.util.regex.*;
  5. import java.lang.*;
  6. import java.io.*;
  7.  
  8. /* Name of the class has to be "Main" only if the class is public. */
  9. class Ideone
  10. {
  11. public static void main (String[] args) throws java.lang.Exception
  12. {
  13.  
  14.  
  15.  
  16. Pattern p = Pattern.compile("start(.*?)(?:x|y)");
  17. Matcher m = p.matcher("You start programming by writing hello world program");
  18. if (m.find()) {
  19. String sub = m.group(1);
  20. System.out.println(sub);
  21. }
  22.  
  23.  
  24. }
  25. }
Success #stdin #stdout 0.09s 27808KB
stdin
Standard input is empty
stdout
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