java regex problem

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Suppose I have a string "July is busy". And I need the string without "July". How can I do it with using regex ?

Thanks.

Why "July"? First word? Word with capital letters? You have July elsewhere? Before "is"? Who knows. — Kobi
– Kobi, Commented Dec 14, 2010 at 18:20

Tim Pietzcker · Accepted Answer · 2010-12-14 18:12:44Z

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So you want to remove the first word from a string?

Try

String resultString = subjectString.replaceAll("^\\s*\\w+\\s*", "");

answered Dec 14, 2010 at 18:12

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Barun Over a year ago

Thanks for reply. But my problem is that my employer does not want any string function.

Mark Peters Over a year ago

Wow, your "employer" sounds a lot more like an "instructor"

Barun Over a year ago

I dont know what will my employer say. But I think this is the best solution. Thanks.

dsummersl · Accepted Answer · 2010-12-14 18:30:39Z

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You can do something like this:

import java.util.regex.*;
Matcher m = Pattern.compile("^July(.*)\$").matcher("July is busy");

// if you had a match, the extra would be here:
if (m.matches()) {

    // match count:
    m.groupCount();

    // ' is busy'
    String rightOfJuly = m.group(1);
}

answered Dec 14, 2010 at 18:30

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