import java.util.regex.Matcher; import java.util.regex.Pattern; public class RegexMatches { public static void main( String args[] ){ // String to be scanned to find the pattern. String line = "This order was placed for QT3000! OK?"; String pattern = "(.*)(\\d+)(.*)"; // Create a Pattern object Pattern r = Pattern.compile(pattern); // Now create matcher object. Matcher m = r.matcher(line); if (m.find( )) { System.out.println("Found value: " + m.group(0) ); System.out.println("Found value: " + m.group(1) ); System.out.println("Found value: " + m.group(2) ); } else { System.out.println("NO MATCH"); } } }