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Pattern CANON_EQ
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/*
égal matches input égal
égal matches input e?gal
égal does not match input e?gal
égal does not match input e'gal
égal does not match input e´gal
* */
import java.util.regex.Pattern;
/**
* CanonEqDemo - show use of Pattern.CANON_EQ, by comparing varous ways of
* entering the Spanish word for "equal" and see if they are considered equal by
* the RE-matching engine.
*
* @version $Id: CanonEqDemo.java,v 1.3 2004/03/21 20:06:20 ian Exp $
*/
public class MainClass {
public static void main(String[] args) {
String pattStr = "\u00e9gal"; // Žgal
String[] input = { "\u00e9gal", // Žgal - this one had better match :-)
"e\u0301gal", // e + "Combining acute accent"
"e\u02cagal", // e + "modifier letter acute accent"
"e'gal", // e + single quote
"e\u00b4gal", // e + Latin-1 "acute"
};
Pattern pattern = Pattern.compile(pattStr, Pattern.CANON_EQ);
for (int i = 0; i < input.length; i++) {
if (pattern.matcher(input[i]).matches()) {
System.out.println(pattStr + " matches input " + input[i]);
} else {
System.out.println(pattStr + " does not match input " + input[i]);
}
}
}
}
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