Full pattern matching
You're preparing a historical analysis of game releases, but your database contains dates in mixed formats. Before you can analyze release timing patterns, you need to identify which dates need reformatting to match your standard MM/DD/YYYY format. You've extracted dates from the video game dataset below.
| Game | Platform | Release date | Quantity (millions of units) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Wii Sports | Wii | 11/19/2006 | 41.49 |
| Super Mario Bros. | NES | 11/13/1985 | 29.08 |
| Mario Kart Wii | Wii | 4/10/2008 | 15.85 |
The necessary packages such as Pattern, and Matcher have been imported for you.
Bu egzersiz, kursun bir parçasıdır
Cleaning Data in Java
Egzersiz talimatları
- Define a regex pattern to match the date format
d/MM/yyyy. - Check if the entire
datestring matchesdatePattern.
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Bu egzersizi bu örnek kodu tamamlayarak deneyin.
public class PatternValidation {
public static void main(String[] args) {
List dates = Arrays.asList("11/19/2006", "11/13/1985", "4/10/2008", "2008-04-10");
// Define a regex pattern to match the date format
Pattern datePattern = ____.____("\\d{1,2}/\\d{1,2}/\\d{4}");
for (String date : dates) {
// Check if entire date string matches datePattern
boolean isValid = datePattern.____(date).____();
System.out.println(date + " is valid: " + isValid);
}
}
}