/*license*\ XBN-Java: Copyright (C) 2014, Jeff Epstein (aliteralmind __DASH__ github __AT__ yahoo __DOT__ com) This software is dual-licensed under the: - Lesser General Public License (LGPL) version 3.0 or, at your option, any later version; - Apache Software License (ASL) version 2.0. Either license may be applied at your discretion. More information may be found at - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Multi-licensing. The text of both licenses is available in the root directory of this project, under the names "LICENSE_lgpl-3.0.txt" and "LICENSE_asl-2.0.txt". The latest copies may be downloaded at: - LGPL 3.0: https://www.gnu.org/licenses/lgpl-3.0.txt - ASL 2.0: http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0.txt \*license*/ package com.github.xbn.examples.regexutil.non_xbn; import java.util.regex.Pattern; import java.util.regex.Matcher; /** <p>Strip all formatting from a phone number, and capture all major parts.</p> <p>{@code java com.github.xbn.examples.txt.regex.non_xbn.StripPhoneFormattingXmpl}</p> * @since 0.1.0 * @author Copyright (C) 2014, Jeff Epstein ({@code aliteralmind __DASH__ github __AT__ yahoo __DOT__ com}), dual-licensed under the LGPL (version 3.0 or later) or the ASL (version 2.0). See source code for details. <a href="http://xbnjava.aliteralmind.com">{@code http://xbnjava.aliteralmind.com}</a>, <a href="https://github.com/aliteralmind/xbnjava">{@code https://github.com/aliteralmind/xbnjava}</a> **/ public class StripPhoneFormattingXmpl { public static final void main(String[] ignored) { String sToSearch = "1(800) 765-4321 1 877 765-4321 1-855-765-4321 1.800.765.4321 18001231234"; String sRegex = "\\+?(1?)\\D*(\\d\\d\\d)\\D*(\\d\\d\\d)\\D*(\\d\\d\\d\\d)\\b"; String sRplcWith = "$1$2$3$4"; Matcher m = Pattern.compile(sRegex).matcher(sToSearch); StringBuffer sb = new StringBuffer(); while(m.find()) { m.appendReplacement(sb, sRplcWith); } m.appendTail(sb); System.out.println("Original: " + sToSearch); System.out.println("Stripped: " + sb); } }