Find phoneNumbers in text with regex

Question

I'm having a whole text in a string and I want to find all belgium cell phone numbers.

So I wrote this piece of code:

Pattern cellPhoneRegex = Pattern.compile("^((\\+|00)32\\s?|0)4(60|[789]\\d)(\\s?\\d{2}){3}$");
    List<String> cellPhoneList = new ArrayList<>();
    Matcher cellPhoneMatches = cellPhoneRegex.matcher("+32495715511");
    while (cellPhoneMatches.find()) {
        cellPhoneList.add(cellPhoneMatches.group());
    }

    System.out.println(cellPhoneList);

Now the thing is that when you run this it matches the phone number. But when the same number is in a huge text it doesn't find anything.

For this string "Tel: +32495715511" there are no matches.

I don't see why it's not matching.

Try removing the anchors `^` and `$` – The fourth bird Nov 12 '18 at 17:06 — The fourth bird, Nov 12 '18 at 17:06

score 3 · Accepted Answer · answered Nov 12 '18 at 17:14

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Exactly what @Thefourthbird said. You're regex is looking for an exact match. As in the text to match has to start with (^ means starts with in this example) and end with ($ means ends with in this example) the phone number matching the regex.

answered Nov 12 '18 at 17:14

Devin Ledesma

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Omg I feel so stupid. – user1007522 Nov 12 '18 at 17:33

score 0 · Answer 2 · answered Nov 12 '18 at 17:13

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Try using this

var telephone = /\(?s?+?32s?\)?s?[789]d{8,}/;

I’ve not tried it before.

answered Nov 12 '18 at 17:13

Matnex Mix

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var phone = “+327890005678”; telephone.match(phone); – Matnex Mix Nov 12 '18 at 17:16

Find phoneNumbers in text with regex

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