what's wrong with this reg. ex.

Hey,I'm trying to match the "word" :) in a string.I use the following code: String.matches(".*:\\).*");But I get a PatternSyntaxException, so somethings not right with that code. But I can't find the error.Can someone help me?

[263 byte] By [Jochema] at [2007-10-1 2:21:12]

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# 1

String.matches(regex) is not correct syntax, it should be stringobject.matches(regex)This works for me:String str = "abcd:)1234";str.matches(".*:\\).*");

ChuckBinga at 2007-7-8 11:29:34 >

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# 2

yeah I know, otherwise i shouldn't get an Exception, because it can't compile (matches is not a static method)but the code:String blaat;blaat.matches(".*:\\).*") doesn't work for me :(

Jochema at 2007-7-8 11:29:34 >

# 3

oeps,.String blaat = "asdfasdf:)";i mean :P

Jochema at 2007-7-8 11:29:34 >

# 4

I have Java 5. Copy and paste my post and try using that.

ChuckBinga at 2007-7-8 11:29:34 >

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