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  1. import java.util.ArrayList;
  2. import java.util.List;
  3. import java.util.regex.Matcher;
  4. import java.util.regex.Pattern;
  5.  
  6. public class Main {
  7. public static final Pattern PATTERN = Pattern.compile("\\[\\s*\\*\\s*(.*?)\\s*?\\*\\s*\\]");
  8.  
  9. public static List<String> parse(String fileContent) {
  10.     Matcher matcher = PATTERN.matcher(fileContent);
  11.     List<String> foundData = new ArrayList<>();
  12.     while (matcher.find()) {
  13.         foundData.add(matcher.group(1));
  14.     }
  15.     return foundData;
  16. }
  17.  
  18. public static void printOutList(List<? extends CharSequence> list) {
  19.     list.forEach(System.out::println);
  20. }
  21.  
  22. public static void main(String[] args) {
  23.     printOutList(parse("[ this will not match ] [ * YOU WILL BE MATCHED!!!11 * ] [* you as well *] [*you too*]" +
  24.             " [           *              this as well       *] [this * will * not]"));
  25. }
  26. }
Success #stdin #stdout 0.2s 320768KB
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YOU WILL BE MATCHED!!!11
you as well
you too
this as well
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language:
Java (HotSpot 12)
created:
10 years ago
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