Extracting phone number from string

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I am trying to extract phone number in java from the given String i.e. the phone number can be anywhere in the String like [bla bla]TELEPHONE NUMBER[bla bla].Now I want to extract this telephone number in another String.

While using the

 matcher.matches()

it returns me true or false but I am not getting the phone number which it gets extracted.

`matches()` will return true if it matches the whole string. Use `find` and capture `group` to get the substring — Prince John Wesley, Oct 27 '11 at 07:21
Check this post over stackoverflow http://stackoverflow.com/questions/2367381/extract-numbers-from-a-string-java — SShebly, Oct 27 '11 at 07:24

pixel · Answer 1 · 2016-02-16T09:40:39.767

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To find number in any given format You can use use libphonenumber and findNumbers function.

edited Feb 16 '16 at 09:40

answered Jul 24 '14 at 07:39

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score 2 · Accepted Answer · answered Oct 27 '11 at 07:27

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Pattern p = Pattern.compile("^[a-zA-Z]+([0-9]+).*");
Matcher m = p.matcher("Testing123Testing");

if (m.find()) {
    System.out.println(m.group(1));
}

answered Oct 27 '11 at 07:27

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I don't think that 123 is a phone number. Your regex matches single numbers too... – Fred Oct 27 '11 at 07:28
123 is just an example.it will take account 0-9 – Rupok Oct 27 '11 at 07:30
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Yeah but he is trying to find phone numbers which is different then just looking for number in a String – Fred Oct 27 '11 at 07:34
Pattern p = Pattern.compile("^[a-zA-Z]+([0-9]+).*"); where you can make your desire pattern – Rupok Oct 27 '11 at 07:36
I tried this:Matcher matcher = Pattern.compile("^\$?(\\d{3})\$?[- ]?(\\d{3})[- ]?(\\d{4})$+").matcher("abc (213) 240-7838"); if(matcher.find()) { System.out.println(matcher.group(1)); },but not working – Amandeep Singh Oct 27 '11 at 07:37
Of course... your regex does not match letters... remove `^` and `$` and it should work. `$?(\\d{3})$?[- ]?(\\d{3})[- ]?(\\d{4})` – Fred Oct 27 '11 at 07:39
Matches following phone numbers: (123)456-7890, 123-456-7890,1234567890, (123)-456-7890 String expression = "^\$?(\\d{3})\$?[- ]?(\\d{3})[- ]?(\\d{4})$"; Pattern pattern = Pattern.compile(expression); – Rupok Oct 27 '11 at 07:47
Possible duplicate answer: http://stackoverflow.com/questions/237061/using-regular-expressions-to-extract-a-value-in-java/237068#237068 – lukastymo Oct 27 '11 at 08:03
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Haha, where I live, 123 is indeed a phone number! – Dawood ibn Kareem Dec 13 '13 at 09:01

score 1 · Answer 3 · answered Oct 27 '11 at 07:24

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Assuming your regular expression works as it should, you should take a look at this regex tutorial from Sun.

answered Oct 27 '11 at 07:24

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