How to use lookingAt and matches methods of matcher class | Java Regex | Regex in java

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RegexDemo.java

import java.util.regex.Matcher;
import java.util.regex.Pattern;

public class RegexDemo
{
    private static final String REGEX = "bar";
    private static final String INPUT = "barooooooooooooooo";

    public static void main(String[] args)
    {
        Pattern pattern = Pattern.compile(REGEX);
        Matcher matcher = pattern.matcher(INPUT);

        System.out.println("REGEX is: " + REGEX);
        System.out.println("INPUT is: " + INPUT);

        /*
         * Returns:true if, and only if, a prefix of the input sequence matches
         * this matcher's pattern.
         */
        System.out.println("lookingAt(): " + matcher.lookingAt());
     
        /*
         * Returns:true if, and only if, the entire region sequence matches this
         * matcher's pattern
         */
        System.out.println("matches(): " + matcher.matches());
    }

}

Output

REGEX is: bar
INPUT is: barooooooooooooooo
lookingAt(): true
matches(): false

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