Regular Expression with Comments Java

Here a simple RegEx in Java with embedded comments.

	String dateText = "bla bla 08:11:21 bla bla";
	// RegEx with comments in Java
	String timeRegex =
	".* # Any chars \n" +
	"(\\d\\d) # The hour \n" +
	":(\\d\\d): # The minutes \n" +
	"(\\d\\d) # The seconds \n" +
	".* # Any chars \n";
	Pattern pattern = Pattern.compile(timeRegex, Pattern.COMMENTS);
	Matcher matcher = pattern.matcher(dateText);
	if(matcher.find()){
	String hour = matcher.group(1);
	String min = matcher.group(2);
	String sec = matcher.group(3);
	System.out.println("Time : " + hour + "-" + min + "-" + sec);
	}

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