The find(int start) method of Matcher Class attempts to find the next subsequence after the specified subsequence number, passed as parameter, of the input sequence that find the pattern. It returns a boolean value showing the same.
Syntax:
public boolean find(int start)
Parameters: This method takes a parameter start which is the subsequence number after which the next subsequence is to be found.
Return Value: This method returns a boolean value showing whether a subsequence of the input sequence find this matcher’s pattern
Exception: This method throws IndexOutOfBoundsException if start is less than zero or greater than the length of the input sequence.
Below examples illustrate the Matcher.find() method:
Example 1:
// Java code to illustrate find() method import java.util.regex.*; public class GFG { public static void main(String[] args) { // Get the regex to be checked String regex = "Geeks"; // Create a pattern from regex Pattern pattern = Pattern.compile(regex); // Get the String to be matched String stringToBeMatched = "GeeksForGeeks"; // Create a matcher for the input String Matcher matcher = pattern .matcher(stringToBeMatched); // Get the subsequence // using find() method System.out.println(matcher.find(1)); }} |
Output:
true
Example 2:
// Java code to illustrate find() method import java.util.regex.*; public class GFG { public static void main(String[] args) { // Get the regex to be checked String regex = "GFG"; // Create a pattern from regex Pattern pattern = Pattern.compile(regex); // Get the String to be matched String stringToBeMatched = "GFGFGFGFGFGFGFGFGFG"; // Create a matcher for the input String Matcher matcher = pattern .matcher(stringToBeMatched); // Get the subsequence // using find() method System.out.println(matcher.find(0)); }} |
Output:
true
Reference: Oracle Doc
