Create array of regex matches

Question

In Java, I am trying to return all regex matches to an array but it seems that you can only check whether the pattern matches something or not (boolean).

How can I u

Answer 1

In Java 9, you can now use Matcher#results() to get a Stream which you can use to get a list/array of matches.

import java.util.regex.Pattern;
import java.util.regex.MatchResult;

String[] matches = Pattern.compile("your regex here")
                          .matcher("string to search from here")
                          .results()
                          .map(MatchResult::group)
                          .toArray(String[]::new);
                    // or .collect(Collectors.toList())