How to match phone numbers in a list?
Following example shows how to match phone numbers in a list to a perticlar pattern by using phone.matches(phoneNumberPattern) method .
public class MatchPhoneNumber { public static void main(String args[]) { isPhoneValid("1-999-585-4009"); isPhoneValid("999-585-4009"); isPhoneValid("1-585-4009"); isPhoneValid("585-4009"); isPhoneValid("1.999-585-4009"); isPhoneValid("999 585-4009"); isPhoneValid("1 585 4009"); isPhoneValid("111-Java2s"); } public static boolean isPhoneValid(String phone) { boolean retval = false; String phoneNumberPattern = "(\\d-)?(\\d{3}-)?\\d{3}-\\d{4}"; retval = phone.matches(phoneNumberPattern); String msg = "NO MATCH: pattern:" + phone + "\r\n regex: " + phoneNumberPattern; if (retval) { msg = " MATCH: pattern:" + phone + "\r\n regex: " + phoneNumberPattern; } System.out.println(msg + "\r\n"); return retval; } }
The above code sample will produce the following result.
MATCH: pattern:1-999-585-4009 regex: (\\d-)?(\\d{3}-)?\\d{3}-\\d{4} MATCH: pattern:999-585-4009 regex: (\\d-)?(\\d{3}-)?\\d{3}-\\d{4} MATCH: pattern:1-585-4009 regex: (\\d-)?(\\d{3}-)?\\d{3}-\\d{4} NOMATCH: pattern:1.999-585-4009 regex: (\\d-)?(\\d{3}-)?\\d{3}-\\d{4} NOMATCH: pattern:999 585-4009 regex: (\\d-)?(\\d{3}-)?\\d{3}-\\d{4} NOMATCH: pattern:1 585 4009 regex: (\\d-)?(\\d{3}-)?\\d{3}-\\d{4} NOMATCH: pattern:111-Java2s regex: (\\d-)?(\\d{3}-)?\\d{3}-\\d{4}
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