Regex doesn't work in String.matches()

Question

I have this small piece of code

String[] words = {\"{apf\",\"hum_\",\"dkoe\",\"12f\"};
for(String s:words)
{
    if(s.matches(\"[a-z]\"))
    {
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Answer 1

I have faced the same problem once:

Pattern ptr = Pattern.compile("^[a-zA-Z][\\']?[a-zA-Z\\s]+$");

The above failed!

Pattern ptr = Pattern.compile("(^[a-zA-Z][\\']?[a-zA-Z\\s]+$)");

The above worked with pattern within ( and ).