I am trying to define a set of rules, that will compute a mask based on the number it is given. For example I am trying to return a mask of 8472952424 of any number that start with 12, 13, 14, Or return 847235XXXX for any number that starts with 7 or 8.
The input numbers are 4 digit Integers and the return is a String. Do I need to convert the integers to string before I do the regex on them, and I am also not sure how to construct the expressions.
Edit I have too much criteria to be done using separate if statements for each case. I am matching extension numbers to masks so it could be inserted correctly on Cisco CallManager database (in case you are curious)
Edit
This is what I have done for one of the cases but this is still not matching correctly:
public String lookupMask(int ext){
//convert to String
StringBuilder sb = new StringBuilder();
sb.append(ext);
String extString = sb.toString();
//compile and match pattern
Pattern p = Pattern.compile("^[12|13|14|15|17|19|42]");
Matcher m = p.matcher(extString);
if(m.matches()){
return "8472952424";
}
return null;
}
An example with Pattern
could be this:
package test;
import java.util.ArrayList;
import java.util.List;
import java.util.regex.Pattern;
public class Main {
// working Pattern
private static final Pattern PATTERN = Pattern.compile("^((1[234579])|42)");
// Your Pattern won't work because although it takes in account the start of the
// input, the OR within a character class does not exempt you to write round brackets
// around sequential characters such as "12".
// In fact here, the OR will be interpreted as the "|" character in the class, thus
// allowing it as a start character.
private static final Pattern NON_WORKING_PATTERN = Pattern.compile("^[12|13|14|15|17|19|42]");
private static final String STARTS_WITH_1_234 = "8472952424";
private static final String STARTS_WITH_ANYTHING_ELSE = "847295XXXX";
public static void main(String[] args) {
// NON_WORKING_PATTERN "works" on "33333"
System.out.println(NON_WORKING_PATTERN.matcher("33333").find());
int[] testIntegers = new int[]{1200, 1300, 1400, 1500, 1700, 1900, 4200, 0000};
List<String> results = new ArrayList<String>();
for (int test: testIntegers) {
if (PATTERN.matcher(String.valueOf(test)).find()) {
results.add(STARTS_WITH_1_234);
}
else {
results.add(STARTS_WITH_ANYTHING_ELSE);
}
}
System.out.println(results);
}
}
Output:
true
[8472952424, 8472952424, 8472952424, 8472952424, 8472952424, 8472952424, 8472952424, 847295XXXX]