Hi,

I'm having the following problem with using regular expressions in util.regex:

I have 2 Strings:

String regex = "tree\s\w{1,4}.+\s=\s(.*;)";
String regrex1 = "\$1";

The problem that i'm having is that i am looking for the first regular expression (regex) in a String called editorEx, this part works fine, and the output says : " Parent RE recognised in Editor" ..

However, the problems comes when i look for the second regular expression (regrex1) within the first regular expression (regrex) .. this should work because the first regular expression(regrex) has a capturing group, that i reference in regrex1, however this does not seem to work.

The code i have so far is as follows, I hope that someone will be able to spot a glaring mistake!?!

Thanks very much for any assistance!



/*--------------------------------------------------------*/

			

			pattern p = Pattern.compile(regrex);
			

			Matcher m = p.matcher(editorEx);
			

			

			boolean result = m.find();
			

			

			if (result) {
			

			JOptionPane.showMessageDialog(null, "Parent RE = recognised in editor);
			

			

			String product = m.group(1);
			

			}
			

			

			else if(!result){
			

			JOptionPane.showMessageDialog(null, "Parent RE = NOT recognised in editor);
			

			

			}
			

			

			m.reset(regrex1){
			

			

			pattern newp = Pattern.compile(regrex1);
			

			Matcher newm = newp.matcher(editorEx);
			

			

			boolean result1 = newm.find();
			

			

			if (result1){
			

			JOptionPane.showMessageDialog(null, "1st Captured RE found within editor);
			

			}
			

			else if (!result1){
			

			JOptionPane.showMessageDialog(null, "1st Captured RE NOT found within editor);
			

			

			}