Java regex between strings multiple times on same line

Question

I am trying to extract the values between `[::[' and ']::]'. The problem I am having is there are multiple instances of this in the same string and it is only picking up the first one. Any help with my regex? here is my code:

Sample input: line = "TEST [::[NAME]::] HERE IS SOMETHING [::[DATE]::] WITH SOME MORE [::[Last]::]";

Pattern p = Pattern.compile("\\[::\\[(.*?)\\]::\\]");
Matcher m = p.matcher(line);
if (m.find()) {
    System.out.println(m.group(1));
}

fge · Accepted Answer · 2014-04-28 16:16:48Z

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Your regex is OK. What you need to do is cycle through the matches, a Matcher can match several times!

while (m.find())
    System.out.println(m.group(1));

A Matcher will try again from the end of the last match (unless you use \G but that's pretty special)

answered Apr 28, 2014 at 16:16

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ageoff Over a year ago

Worked perfect. Awesome. Thank You!

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