# Regex in java

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**Created:** [January 25, 2009, 3:17am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/regex-in-java/280258 "2009-01-25T03:17:11Z")\
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**Post date:** [January 25, 2009, 3:17am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/regex-in-java/280258/1 "2009-01-25T03:17:11Z")

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i want to find if a string has 2 characters “+”, using matches. But i cant fint the right regular expression to do it, since + is considered as a meta character (i.e use in defining reg expr). Can anybody help me?