How to remove some string fom a larger string by using regexp in Java?

Hi Tolgar,

Try this:

function fTolgar(vInput) {
 var vMatch=vInput.match(/[^\x00]*?(keyword[^\x00]*?)( \-r)?$/im);
 if (vMatch != null) {
  return vMatch[1];
 } else {
  return "no match";
 }
}

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Tested using:

document.write(fTolgar('-f someLetter:\Something1\keyword/some/path/to/a/file.c'));
document.write('<br />');
document.write(fTolgar('-d SomeLetter:\Something2\keyword/some/path/to/a/directory -r'));

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Results:

keyword/some/path/to/a/file.c
keyword/some/path/to/a/directory

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Matt

I am getting some sytax errors for this Java code.

I did the following and I am getting syntax errors in Eclipse for:

/[^\x00]*

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and

^\

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and

im

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The other problem which is my mistake, I didn't mention that all these will be in one bitg String and each line is separated by new lines. I would like to make this replacement for each line all at once.

So the input is this:

-f someLetter:\Something1\keyword/some/path/to/a/file.c
-d SomeLetter:\Something2\keyword/some/path/to/a/directory -r

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And the output is this:

keyword/some/path/to/a/file.c
keyword/some/path/to/a/directory

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This is the code that I used from the code you sent to me:

 
var Match = content.match(/[^\x00]*?(keyword[^\x00]*?)( \-r)?$/im);
        if (vMatch != null) {
             content = vMatch[1];
           }
        //write the content to a file
        rwFile.writeToFile(content, file);

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Thanks,

Try

s = s.replaceAll(".*\\\\(.*)", "$1");

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My apologies, you clearly said "java" and I gave you javascript.  The "im" were for CASE_INSENSITIVE and MULTILINE which you'll want to use.  Otherwise, try the following:

^(?:.*?)(keyword.*?)(?: -r)?$

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I'm on my way out the door, but I'll check back in a bit.

@CEHJ: I think you used the number of slashes to decide from which point to trim the string.

Can we make it more specific by using the "keyword"?

 Because it will be guaranteed that there will be the marker "keyword" and I want everything that starts with this "keyword" marker.

Thanks,

@mvidas: This is what I was looking for. But how I am going to catch the mathes in here?

         

content.matches("^(?:.*?)(keyword.*?)(?: -r)?$");

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I think this will work:

content = content.replaceAll("^(?:.*?)(keyword.*?)(?: -r)?$", "$2");

No this didn't work. How should I do it?

@CEHJ: Yours work but how can I make it similar to mvidas approach so that it will use the "keyword" marker?

Thanks,

@TerryAtOpus; what is multiline mode? Why do I need it?

With multiline mode on, ^ and $ will match the start and end of every line respectively, rather than just the start and end of the entire string.

If you don't use the ^ in your pattern, you'll run into trouble if the keyword appears more than once on the same line.

@TerryAtOpus; what is multiline mode? Why do I need it?

You would need it if you have a String that spans more than one line (i.e. it contains linefeeds). Is that the case?

Tolgar, i would advise you to test candidate answers before accepting them: in fact neither Terry's nor my answer works with both of your candidate strings. If you don't need multiline matching (no evidence so far that you do) then you might try instead:

s = s.replaceAll(".*?(keyword\\S*).*", "$1");

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both of the answers I accepted worked for me. But thanks for the additional info.

@Cehj: Btw, can you please take a look at this question? I was up all night and I could make the jnlp work.

https://www.experts-exchange.com/questions/28269372/How-to-create-jnlp-files-for-a-java-project.html?anchorAnswerId=39579330#a39579330

both of the answers I accepted worked for me.

Then you didn't specify your requirement correctly:

Input:

-d SomeLetter:\Something2\keyword/some/path/to/a/directory -r

Expected Output:

keyword/some/path/to/a/directory

Both answers give the following as the output:

keyword/some/path/to/a/directory -r

Sorry, this was what I was expecting.

OK. So i hope, for multiline replacement of something like

"-d SomeLetter:\\Something2\\\r\nkeyword/some/keyword/path/to/a/directory -r";

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you're expecting

-d SomeLetter:\Something2\
keyword/some/keyword/path/to/a/directory -r

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as that's what you're going to get