import java.util.regex.Matcher; import java.util.regex.Pattern; public class MainClass { public static void main(String args[]) { Pattern p = Pattern.compile("\\w(\\d)"); String candidate = "A6 is Audi"; Matcher matcher = p.matcher(candidate); if (matcher.find()) { String tmp = matcher.group(0); System.out.println(tmp); tmp = matcher.group(1); System.out.println(tmp); } } }