regex problem

[joshua antony]

Pattern p = Pattern.compile( "\\d*" );
Matcher m = p.matcher( "ab34ef" );
boolean b = false;
 
while( b = m.find())
{
System.out.print( m.start()); // + m.group());
}

The output is 012456. Where does this 6 come from. I thought the output should be 012345. m.start() for f is 5; so from where did 6 come?

[Gowher Naik]

Your question is discussed Here

[joshua antony]

Thank you,
That was really helpful.