Simple Regex Not Working

> Hi,

>

> Can somebody tell me why the following regex matching

> does not work:

>

> > Pattern.matches("(hi)*", "hithere");

>

Your regex would only match

"hi" or "hihi" or "hihihi" etc.

I suspect you need as regex "hi.*" .

sabre150a at 2007-7-29 16:23:39 >

then try matcher.find() rather than .matches().

This way the regex can remain "hi" alone.

TuringPesta at 2007-7-29 16:23:39 >