variable « number « Java Regex Q&A

1. Regular Expression to match variable number of works with fixed prefix and suffix    stackoverflow.com

Sample input: Did xxx xxx xxx (could be any number of words) live or die? For example:

 Did   Michael      Jackson  live or   ...

2. Replacing variable numbers of items... regex?    stackoverflow.com

Ok... I have an unsatisfactory solution to a problem. The problem is I have input like so:

{sup 19}F({sup 3}He,t){sup 19}Ne(p){sup 18}F

¹?F(³He,t)¹?Ne(p)¹?F

3. RegEx: How to match variable number in the string    forums.oracle.com

Then your line is not as you have shown it. Have you carefully counted the '-' characters? Have you carefully checked the number of spaces? Have you checked for trailing or leading spaces? You don't show the rest of your code so we can't tell if you are actually using the Matcher object correctly. P.S. You don't need the leading ^ ...