Java regex pattern matching not working for second occurrence

Question

I am using java.util.Regex to match regex expression in a string. The string basically a html string.

Within that string I have two lines;

    <style>templates/style/color.css</style>

    <style>templates/style/style.css</style>

My requirement is to get the content inside style tag (<style>). Now I am using the pattern like;

String stylePattern = "<style>(.+?)</style>";

When I am trying to get the result using;

Pattern styleRegex = Pattern.compile(stylePattern);
Matcher matcher = styleRegex.matcher(html);
System.out.println("Matcher count : "+matcher.groupCount()+ " and "+matcher.find());                 //output 1

if(matcher.find()) {

        System.out.println("Inside find");
        for (int i = 0; i < matcher.groupCount(); i++) {
            String matchSegment = matcher.group(i);
            System.out.println(matchSegment);          //output 2
        }
    }

The result I am getting from output 1 as :

Matcher count : 1 and true

And from output 2 as;

<style>templates/style/style.css</style>

Now, I am just lost after lot of trying that how do I get both lines. I tried many other suggestion in stackoverflow itself, none worked.

I think I am doing some conceptual mistake.

Any help will be very good for me. Thanks in advance.

EDIT

I have changed code as;

Matcher matcher = styleRegex.matcher(html);
    //System.out.println("find : "+matcher.find() + "Groupcount = " +matcher.groupCount());
    //matcher.reset();
    int i = 0;
    while(matcher.find()) {

        System.out.println(matcher.group(i));
        i++;
    }

Now the result is like;

  `<style>templates/style/color.css</style>
  templates/style/style.css`

Why one with style tag and another one is without style tag?

To see all captures, use for (int i = 1; i <= matcher.groupCount(); i++). See stackoverflow.com/questions/12413974/… and stackoverflow.com/questions/836704/print-regex--in-java — Wiktor Stribiżew
– Wiktor Stribiżew, Commented Apr 1, 2018 at 15:37
Didn't work for me. It does not even go inside the loop with int i=1 — KOUSIK MANDAL
– KOUSIK MANDAL, Commented Apr 1, 2018 at 15:40
You cannot call matcher.groupCount() before .find(). Also, to match multiple occurrences, you need while, not if. Remove your first System.out.println(...) line — Wiktor Stribiżew
– Wiktor Stribiżew, Commented Apr 1, 2018 at 15:43
Your regex can match only one group. Thus you need no variable i, just use group(1). group(0) is a special one which gives you the whole match regardless of any brackets, which is why you see the style tags. — Heiner Westphal
– Heiner Westphal, Commented Apr 1, 2018 at 16:02
Caution: Parsing XML or HTML with regular expressions will cause problems. See stackoverflow.com/questions/701166/…. Solution: Use a dedicated HTML or XML parser instead. — VGR
– VGR, Commented Apr 1, 2018 at 17:13

Sharad esdee Dutta · Accepted Answer · 2022-06-08 11:03:31Z

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This will find all occurrences from your string.

   final Pattern pattern = Pattern.compile(regex);
   final Matcher matcher = pattern.matcher(string);
   
   while (matcher.find()) {
       
       System.out.println("Full match: " + matcher.group());
   }

answered Jun 8, 2022 at 11:03

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hoan · Accepted Answer · 2018-04-01 23:46:41Z

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Can try this:

String text = "<style>templates/style/color.css</style>\n" +
            "<style>templates/style/style.css</style>";

Pattern pattern = Pattern.compile("<style>(.+?)</style>");
Matcher matcher = pattern.matcher(text);
while (matcher.find()) {
    System.out.println(text.substring(matcher.start(), matcher.end()));
}

Or:

Matcher matcher = pattern.matcher(text);
while (matcher.find()) {
  System.out.println(matcher.group());
}

edited Apr 1, 2018 at 23:46

answered Apr 1, 2018 at 15:41

hoan

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9 Comments

KOUSIK MANDAL Over a year ago

Now I am getting only "<style>templates/style/style.css</style>"

hoan Over a year ago

meaning you only want the 2nd <style> ?

Wiktor Stribiżew Over a year ago

This is working ok, just replace System.out.println(text.substring(matcher.start(), matcher.end())); with System.out.println(matcher.group(1));

KOUSIK MANDAL Over a year ago

I want both lines, in fact I want all lines with <style>anytext</style> pattern

hoan Over a year ago

@KOUSIKMANDAL dont really get u, my code is printing out both lines, that's what you want?

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