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Java Regular Expressions Quiz Regex Questions
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Java Regular Expression Questions
1. Which of the following statements about the regex API are true?
A. Instances of the Pattern class are used to match character sequences against a given pattern
B. The package java.util.regex includes an exception called PatternSyntaxException
C. Instances of Matcher class are used to represent regular expressions in the form of String type
D. None of the above
Answer
B
2. What is the significance of Matcher class for a regular expression in java?
A) interprets pattern in the string
B) Performs match in the string
C) interpreted both patterns and performs match operations in the string
D) None of the mentioned.
Answer
C
3. An object of which class is used to compile regular expression?
A) Pattern class
B) Matcher class
C) PatternSyntaxException
D) None of the mentioned
Answer
A
4. What is the significance of Matcher class for a regular expression in java?
A. interprets pattern in the string
B. Performs match in the string
C. interpreted both patterns and performs match operations in the string
D. None of the mentioned
Answer
C
5. What does public int end(int group) return?
A. offset from the last character of the subsequent group
B. offset from the first character of the subsequent group
C. offset from the last character matched
D. offset from the first character matched
Answer
A
6. groupCount() reports a total number of Capturing groups.
A) True
B) False
Answer
A
7. Which of the following matches nonword character using regular expression in java?
A) \w
B) \W
C) \s
D) \S
Answer
B
8. Which capturing group can represent the entire expression?
A) group *
B) group 0
C) group * or group 0
D) None of the mentioned
Answer
B
9. Which of the following matches the end of the string using regular expression in java?
A) \z
B) \\
C) \*
D) \Z
Answer
A
10. Which of the following is not a class of java.util.regex?
A) Pattern class
B) matcher class
C) PatternSyntaxException
D) Regex class
Answer
D
Java Regular Expressions Quiz Continues:
11. What does public int end(int group) return?
A) offset from the last character of the subsequent group
B) offset from the first character of the subsequent group
C) offset from the last character matched
D) offset from the first character matched
Answer
A
12. what does public String replaceAll(string replace) do?
A) Replace all characters that match a pattern with a replacement string
B) Replace the first subsequence that matches a pattern with a replacement string
C) Replace all other than the first subsequence of that matches a pattern with a replacement string
D) Replace every subsequence of the input sequence that matches a pattern with a replacement string
Answer
D
13. What does public int start() return?
A) returns start index of the input string
B) returns start index of the current match
C) returns start index of the previous match
D) None of the above
Answer
C
14. Which capturing group can represent the entire expression?
A. group *
B. group 0
C. group * or group 0
D. None of the mentioned
Answer
B
15. What is java regex for below string S?
S must be of length: 6
First character: 1, 2 or 3
Second character: 1, 2 or 0
Third character: x, s or 0
Fourth character: 3, 0, A or a
Fifth character: x, s or u
Sixth character: . or,
A) ^([1-3][0-2][xs0][30Aa][xsu][.,])$
B) ([1-3][0-2][xs0][30Aa][xsu][.,])
C) ([1-3][0-2][xs0][30Aa][xsu][.,]){6}
D) ^([1-3][0-2][x,s,0][3,0,A,a][x,s,u][\.\,])$
Answer
A
16. What is the Regex for below String?
The string should consist of only lowercase and uppercase letters (no numbers or symbols).
The string should end in s.
A) ^([(?i)a-z]*S)
B) ^((?i)[A-Z]*s)
C) ^([a-zA-Z]*s)$
D) ([a-z]*s)$
Answer
A
17. What is Java Regex for below String?
The string must start with Mr., Mrs., Ms., Dr. or Er.
The rest of the string must contain only one or more English alphabetic letters (upper and lowercase).
A) (Mr,Mrs,Ms,Dr,Er).([a-zA-Z]?)$
B) ^(Mr|Mrs|Ms|Dr|Er)\\.([a-zA-Z]+)$
C) ^(Mr|Mrs|Ms|Dr|Er)\\.([a-zA-Z])$
D) (Mr|Mrs|Ms|Dr|Er)\.([a-zA-Z]+)$
Answer
B
18. Is String.matches() is same as Pattern.matches()?
A) true
B) false
Answer
A
19. Pattern.matches() should only be used when entire input should completely match with Regex.
A) true
B) false
Answer
A
20. Is PatternSyntaxException a checked Exception?
A) true
B) false
Answer
B
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