java.util.regex.Matcher.matches() Method

Description

The java.time.Matcher.matches() method attempts to match the entire region against the pattern.

Declaration

Following is the declaration for java.time.Matcher.matches() method.

public boolean matches()

Return Value

true if, and only if, the entire region sequence matches this matcher's pattern.

Example

The following example shows the usage of java.time.Matcher.matches() method.

package com.tutorialspoint;

import java.util.regex.Matcher;
import java.util.regex.Pattern;

public class MatcherDemo {
   private static final String REGEX = "foo";
   private static final String INPUT = "fooooooooooooooooo";
   private static Pattern pattern;
   private static Matcher matcher;

   public static void main( String args[] ) {
      pattern = Pattern.compile(REGEX);
      matcher = pattern.matcher(INPUT);

      System.out.println("Current REGEX is: "+REGEX);
      System.out.println("Current INPUT is: "+INPUT);

      System.out.println("lookingAt(): "+matcher.lookingAt());
      System.out.println("matches(): "+matcher.matches());
   }
}

Let us compile and run the above program, this will produce the following result −

Current REGEX is: foo
Current INPUT is: fooooooooooooooooo
lookingAt(): true
matches(): false