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Regex - Matcher class

 
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Above code works fine and prints test
start: 0 group: ab in the output.

But if I comment out the if condition i.e if( matcher.find()) then
I get Exception in thread "main" java.lang.IllegalStateException: No match available

Why is it so. I am confused.
 
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1. read the error message text.
2. read the API for Matcher.find(), Matcher.start(), and Matcher.group()

You should then immediately see the answer, I did.

Or you can wait until someone spoils it all by telling you the answer directly.
[ September 22, 2006: Message edited by: Barry Gaunt ]
 
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Thanks Barry I got it.

From API:

public int start()
Throws:
IllegalStateException - If no match has yet been attempted, or if the previous match operation failed


public String group()
Throws:
IllegalStateException - If no match has yet been attempted, or if the previous match operation failed
 
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