I have a problem where I have an long string of data and contains various symbols and words and stuff. Here is an example:

==Title==

body

===Subtitle===

body

===Subtitle2===

body

==Title2==

 

I need to match the Title and Title2 but I don't want it to match the subtitles with this matcher.

 

So I want it to match ==Word== but NOT ===Word===. Is this even possible? I am using Java if that really matters much.

 

Why is it that ==Word==  is not in your sample input text? It's confusing.

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pls don't post made-up sample text, post the real text you working wth. Otherwise you'll end up getting a regex that will work OK vs your made-up input, but will fail versus your real text.

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RE:  I am using Java if that really matters much.

regex is platform-specific, so yes people need to know in what language you code it.

Word doesn't matter, it can be anything, im more concerned about matching == and not matching === at all

As requested in the Posting Guidelines, please provide a sample of your actual data. Do not make up a sample.

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Michael

"In theory, theory and practice are the same. In practice, they are not."
Albert Einstein

==History==
{{Main|History of the New York Yankees}}
===(1901–1902) Origins: the Baltimore era===
At the end of {{by|1900}}, Western League president [[Ban Johnson]] reorganized the league, adding teams in three Eastern cities, which formed the [[American League]]. Plans to put a team in New York City were blocked by the [[National League]]'s [[San Francisco Giants|New York Giants]], who had enough political power to keep the AL out. Instead, a team was put in [[Baltimore]], [[Maryland]], a city which had been abandoned when the NL contracted from 12 to 8 teams in 1900.

This is an extract of sample data, I need ==History== to match but not the ===(1901–1902) Origins: the Baltimore era=== part

give this a shot:

(?<=[^=])==[A-Za-z]+==

should oly match on

==History==

mash would help more hopefully, he's good at java flavor.

 

 

Raw Match Pattern:
^==[^=]+==(?!=)

Java Code Example:
import java.util.regex.Pattern;
import java.util.regex.Matcher;
class Module1{
  public static void main(String[] asd){
  String sourcestring = "source string to match with pattern";
  Pattern re = Pattern.compile("^==[^=]+==(?!=)",Pattern.MULTILINE);
  Matcher m = re.matcher(sourcestring);
  int mIdx = 0;
    while (m.find()){
      for( int groupIdx = 0; groupIdx < m.groupCount()+1; groupIdx++ ){
        System.out.println( "[" + mIdx + "][" + groupIdx + "] = " + m.group(groupIdx));
      }
      mIdx++;
    }
  }
}

$matches Array:
(
    [0] => Array
        (
            [0] => ==History==
        )

)

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Michael

"In theory, theory and practice are the same. In practice, they are not."
Albert Einstein

That worked, Thank you!!! :D