Java regex trouble

Question

I have a problem with java regex. I have something like

com/products/id/response.html

And I want the id as anything from Aa-Zz 0-9, I have tried:

com/products/A-Za-z0-9]+/response.html

However with no success, but in this case

com/products/A-Za-z0-9]+.html

It works just fine... Any idea where Am I making mistake?

anubhava · Accepted Answer · 2014-02-19 17:21:52Z

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You can use this regex:

com/products/[A-Za-z0-9]+/response\\.html

answered Feb 19, 2014 at 17:21

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I tend to do [.] so I don't shoot myself in the foot with \\.

Also, if you try to use this regex in sed, Javascript, or Perl, the forward slashes need escaping, too.

Yes that's correct about Javascript but you can use an alternative delimiter in Perl/sed to avoid escaping in substitute commands.

Thank you for pointing me out, however it still doesn't seem to work

I have tested is separately and It works, seems like there is something wrong with my other components that make this fail. Thank you for answer

Salah · Accepted Answer · 2014-02-19 17:21:38Z

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You missed the first parentheses, so it need to look like this:

com/products/[A-Za-z0-9]+/response[.]html

answered Feb 19, 2014 at 17:21

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