有时你可以使用java.lang.String中提供的简单的.split("REGEXP")方法。例如:

String input = "first,second,third";

//To retrieve 'first' 
input.split(",")[0] 
//second
input.split(",")[1]
//third
input.split(",")[2]

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

public class Regex1 {
    public static void main(String[]args) {
        Pattern p = Pattern.compile("\\d+");
        Matcher m = p.matcher("hello1234goodboy789very2345");
        while(m.find()) {
            System.out.println(m.group());
        }
    }
}

输出:

1234
789
2345

Pattern p = Pattern.compile("(\\D+)(\\d+)(.*)");
Matcher m = p.matcher("this is your number:1234 thank you");
if (m.find()) {
    String someNumberStr = m.group(2);
    int someNumberInt = Integer.parseInt(someNumberStr);
}

除了Pattern之外，Java String类还有几个可以使用正则表达式的方法，在您的情况下，代码将是:

"ab123abc".replaceFirst("\\D*(\\d*).*", "$1")

其中\\D是非数字字符。

完整的例子:

private static final Pattern p = Pattern.compile("^([a-zA-Z]+)([0-9]+)(.*)");
public static void main(String[] args) {
    // create matcher for pattern p and given string
    Matcher m = p.matcher("Testing123Testing");

    // if an occurrence if a pattern was found in a given string...
    if (m.find()) {
        // ...then you can use group() methods.
        System.out.println(m.group(0)); // whole matched expression
        System.out.println(m.group(1)); // first expression from round brackets (Testing)
        System.out.println(m.group(2)); // second one (123)
        System.out.println(m.group(3)); // third one (Testing)
    }
}

由于您正在寻找第一个数字，您可以使用这样的regexp:

^\D+(\d+).*

m.group(1)将返回第一个数字。注意，带符号的数字可以包含负号:

^\D+(-?\d+).*

有时你可以使用java.lang.String中提供的简单的.split("REGEXP")方法。例如:

String input = "first,second,third";

//To retrieve 'first' 
input.split(",")[0] 
//second
input.split(",")[1]
//third
input.split(",")[2]