Java Matcher hitEnd() Method

Java Matcher hitEnd method of Java Matcher class is used to check the hits by the search engine. If the end of input was hit by the search engine in the last match operation performed by this matcher, then it returns true.

Syntax:

Parameter

Returns

true if the end of input was hit in the last match; false otherwise

Since

1.5

Example 1

import java.util.regex.Matcher;
import java.util.regex.Pattern;
public class MatcherHitEndExample1 {
	   public static void main(String[] args) {
	      Pattern p = Pattern.compile("(a*v)(java)");
	      // get a matcher object
	      Matcher m = p.matcher("aabjavaaabjavaabjavab");
	      System.out.println("find(): "+m.find());
	      System.out.println("hitEnd(): "+m.hitEnd());    
	   }
	}

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Output:

find(): false
hitEnd(): true

Example 2

import java.util.regex.Matcher;
import java.util.regex.Pattern;
public class MatcherFitEndExample2 {
public static void main(String[] args) {
	      int count=0;
	 	Pattern p = Pattern.compile("java");  
	      Matcher m = p.matcher("aabjavaaabjavaabjavab");
	      System.out.println("find() : "+m.find());
	      while(m.find()) {
	    	  count=count+1;
	      }
	      System.out.println("hitEnd(): "+m.hitEnd()); 
	      System.out.println("number of match by find() method : "+count);
	   }
}

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Output:

find() : true
hitEnd(): true
number of match by find() method : 2

Example 3

import java.util.regex.Matcher;
import java.util.regex.Pattern;
public class MatcherFitEndExample3 {
public static void main(String[] args) {
	      Pattern pattern = Pattern.compile("java");
	      Matcher matcher = pattern.matcher("aabjavaaabjavaabjavab");
	      while(matcher.find()) {
	         //Prints the index after the last character matched.
	         System.out.println("First Capturing Group, (a*b) Match String end(): "+matcher.end());    
	      }
	      System.out.println("hitEnd(): "+matcher.hitEnd());    
	   }
}

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Output:

First Capturing Group, (a*b) Match String end(): 7
First Capturing Group, (a*b) Match String end(): 14

First Capturing Group, (a*b) Match String end(): 20
hitEnd(): true

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