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Hi,

Can you help me in identifiying the meaning of this reqular expression?
public static final Pattern pattern = Pattern.compile("^.(?=.{8,})(?=.[a-z])(?=.[A-Z])(?=.[\W_]).*$");

Thanks,
Aravind

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Hi,

go to http://regexr.com/3eb88 and mousehover the components of the expression (or hit the Explain tab), it will explain the meaning of each block. If you have some sample data you can paste it in their form and see how it is applied.

For example, try to change [\W_] to [\w] to see what is parsed.

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