How to work with REGEX in Java

[new_Java]

I am having hard time trying to set up a regex in Java for this string "\\abc\de\blah.zip\blah" which is a UNC path in my app.

I want to look for "\\abc\de" as the regex string in the above mentioned UNC path. However, when I try this method, it returns "false"
String input = "\\abc\de\blah.zip\blah";
String regex = "\\*de";
boolean isMatch = Pattern.matches(regex, input);
System.out.println(isMatch);

Please help me.

Also, if you have any good ref for REGEX online stuff, please let me know. The websites I read, I still could not understand well about these REGEX:(


Thanks and Regards, KK

[Junky]

In regex the backslash has special meaning so you need to escape it, twice. Once for the complier, once for the regex engine.

[DarrylBurke]

Also, 'look for' is not the same as matches(...). You probably want to use find()

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