Java Regex for Greek Extended or Greek Script

In this tutorial, we will learn to match any character which is part of “Greek Extended” unicode block or Greek script.

Solution Regex(s) : \\p{InGreek} and \p{InGreekExtended}

Match any character in Greek script

Let’s look at an example program which is able to match any character in Greek script in a string.

 String content = "A math equation might be α + β = λ + γ";
      
String regex = "\\p{InGreek}";

Pattern pattern = Pattern.compile(regex, Pattern.CASE_INSENSITIVE);
Matcher matcher = pattern.matcher(content);
while (matcher.find())
{
 System.out.print("Start index: " + matcher.start());
 System.out.print(" End index: " + matcher.end() + " ");
 System.out.println(" : " + matcher.group());
}

Output:

Start index: 25 End index: 26  : α
Start index: 29 End index: 30  : β
Start index: 33 End index: 34  : λ
Start index: 37 End index: 38  : γ

Match any character in “Greek Extended” unicode block

Let’s look at an example program which is able to match any character in Greek script in a string.

String content = "Let's learn some new greek extended characters : ᾲ , ᾨ etc.";
      
String regex = "\\p{InGreekExtended}";

Pattern pattern = Pattern.compile(regex, Pattern.CASE_INSENSITIVE);
Matcher matcher = pattern.matcher(content);
while (matcher.find())
{
 System.out.print("Start index: " + matcher.start());
 System.out.print(" End index: " + matcher.end() + " ");
 System.out.println(" : " + matcher.group());
}

Output:

Start index: 49 End index: 50  : ᾲ
Start index: 53 End index: 54  : ᾨ

References:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Greek_alphabet
http://www.alanwood.net/unicode/greek_extended.html
https://docs.oracle.com/javase/7/docs/api/java/util/regex/Pattern.html

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