MatchResult end() method in Java with examples.

The java.util.regex.MatcheResult interface provides methods to retrieve the results of a match.

You can get an object of this interface using the toMatchResult() method of the Matcher class. This method returns a MatchResult object which represents the match state of the current matcher.

The end() method of this interface returns the offset after the last match occurred.

Example

 Live Demo

import java.util.Scanner;
import java.util.regex.MatchResult;
import java.util.regex.Matcher;
import java.util.regex.Pattern;
public class Example {
   public static void main( String args[] ) {
      String regex = "you$";
      //Reading input from user
      Scanner sc = new Scanner(System.in);
      String input = "Hello how are you";
      //Instantiating the Pattern class
      Pattern pattern = Pattern.compile(regex);
      //Instantiating the Matcher class
      Matcher matcher = pattern.matcher(input);
      //verifying whether a match occurred
      if(matcher.find()) {
         System.out.println("Match found");
      }
      MatchResult res = matcher.toMatchResult();
      int end = res.end();
      System.out.println(end);
   }
}

Output

Enter input text:
hello how are you
Match found
17