[SOLVED] help with RegExp

[JT4NK3D]

Im trying to use regular expressions to identify xhtml tags in a file and then show how many in total and how many of each unique tag there is in the file.
This is just a test to make sure it recognizes < and > as a tag but it doesnt seem to be working :

Code:

import java.util.regex.Matcher;
import java.util.regex.Pattern;

public class RegularExpExp {

    public static void main(String[] args) {

        String inputStr = " <p> ";     // a random tag to see if it works
        Pattern pattern = Pattern.compile("< .* >"); // that should mean "<" anything at all ">"
        Matcher matcher = pattern.matcher(inputStr);

        if (matcher.matches()) {
            System.out.println("Matched");
        } else {
            System.out.println("Not Matched");
        }
    }
}

Well it always shows "Not matched". I'm lost, please reply.

[JT4NK3D]

oh nevermind i found out i was using "matches" instead of "find" method. thanks anyway.

[Eranga]

Remove white spaces there.

Code:

Pattern.compile("<.*>");

[Eranga]

Read the JavaDoc, the way you used here is not safer at all in some cases.

[JT4NK3D]

I have another problem with regularEXP please go to[SOLVED] More RegEx help

[Eranga]

If you solve this please mark thread solved. It's really helpful to all of members here. Is that my help really valid for you?