Explain quantifiers in Java regular expressions

If you want to specify the number of occurrences while constructing a regular expression you can use quantifiers. Following table lists out the quantifiers supported by Java regular expressions −

Example

 Live Demo

import java.util.Scanner;
import java.util.regex.Matcher;
import java.util.regex.Pattern;
public class Example {
   public static void main( String args[] ) {
      String regex = "[0-9]{3,6}";
      Scanner sc = new Scanner(System.in);
      System.out.println("Enter 5 input strings: ");
      String input[] = new String[5];
      for (int i=0; i<5; i++) {
         input[i] = sc.nextLine();
      }
      //Creating a Pattern object
      Pattern p = Pattern.compile(regex);
      System.out.println("Matched values: ");
      for(int i=0; i<5;i++) {
         //Creating a Matcher object
         Matcher m = p.matcher(input[i]);
         if(m.matches()) {
            System.out.println(m.group()+": accepted ");
         }
      }
   }
}

Output

Enter 5 input strings:
12
154
4587
478365
4578952
Matched values:
154: accepted
4587: accepted
478365: accepted