I am trying to get a regex to retrieve alphanumeric OTP code (length of the code maybe dynamic i.e depending on user's choice) and must contain at least one digit.
I have tried the following regex : "[a-zA-z][0-9].[a-zA-z]"
But if a special character is there in the code it should result null instead it retrieves the characters before and after the special character which is not desired.
Some sample OTP-containing messages on which the regex is desired to work successfully:
Examples of Alphanumeric OTPs with at least one-digit:
It would be a bit difficult, maybe this expression might work with an i
flag:
[a-z0-9]*\d[a-z0-9]*
or with word boundaries:
(?<=\b)[a-z0-9]*\d[a-z0-9]*(?=\b)
import java.util.regex.Matcher;
import java.util.regex.Pattern;
final String regex = "[a-z0-9]*\\d[a-z0-9]*";
final String string = "78784\n"
+ "aZ837\n"
+ "987Ny\n"
+ "19hd35\n"
+ "fc82pl";
final Pattern pattern = Pattern.compile(regex, Pattern.MULTILINE | Pattern.CASE_INSENSITIVE);
final Matcher matcher = pattern.matcher(string);
while (matcher.find()) {
System.out.println("Full match: " + matcher.group(0));
for (int i = 1; i <= matcher.groupCount(); i++) {
System.out.println("Group " + i + ": " + matcher.group(i));
}
}
The expression is explained on the top right panel of regex101.com, if you wish to explore/simplify/modify it, and in this link, you can watch how it would match against some sample inputs, if you like.