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1. Regular expression removing all words shorter than n    stackoverflow.com

Well, I'm looking for a regexp in Java that deletes all words shorter than 3 characters. I thought something like \s\w{1,2}\s would grab all the 1 and 2 letter words (a whitespace, ...

2. Regex for removing part of a line if it is preceded by some word in Java    stackoverflow.com

There's a properties language bundle file:

label.username=Username:
label.tooltip_html=Please enter your username.</center></html>
label.password=Password:
label.tooltip_html=Please enter your password.</center></html>

3. remove words that begin with a !    stackoverflow.com

In a line, I want to remove any WORD that begins with a ! (negation mark). Can any one help me with the regular expression that I need to use for this ...

4. How can I remove a word from a string if it occures more than 1 in a row with regex    stackoverflow.com

I want to remove the word "<br>" if it occures more than once consecutively. example "word word <br><br>" becomes "word word <br>" and "word <br><br><br> word <br><br>" becomes "word <br> word<br>" I want to ...

5. Removing words after a symbol is detected    stackoverflow.com

How do I remove words from a text file that have symbols preceding them? For example:

This is important information...  //but this is a comment
This is more important info...  //and this ...

6. removing specified words from a string by using regular expression    forums.oracle.com

Hi, i have a meanless string that : "i am the as as. turkuas asman kalas. im the. kanki im is a theatre asis as" i have to remove "as" string from that string by using regex. i could try : str = str.replaceAll("( as )"," "); it could not remove the one of repeated "as" that is 4.th word on ...

7. Remove Extra space between Words using Regular Expression    forums.oracle.com