Regular expression for ")

[25884]

Hi,

I want to get a correct regular expression for the string ")

Here is how I am doing it
String regex1 = "\"\)";
matcher = matcher.usePattern(Pattern.compile(regex1,Pattern.CASE_INSENSITIVE));

But i get this runtime error :

Exception in thread "main" java.util.regex.PatternSyntaxException: Unmatched closing ')' near index 0
")
^

Thanks

 

[25884]

Hi,

Sorry the error is


Abc.java:225: illegal escape character
String regex1 = "\"\)";
^
1 error

 

[Diancecht]

I'd try \\"

Cheers,
Dian

 

[25884]

It then compiles fine but identifies the pattern specified as this : pattern="\)

 

[timw]

Try \\\"

Tim

 

[sedj]

I think you want :

String regex1 = "\"\\)";

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[Diancecht]

Humm, do you need to scape parenthesis for regex?

Cheers,
Dian

 

[Diancecht]

Yes, you need to

http://www.tek-tips.com/viewthread.cfm?qid=922844

Cheers,
Dian