Cannot find a specific pattern in text

Question

Hi,
I want my code to search for a pattern in a line and then if it is there do something. The pattern may be followed by a comma, or tabs or white spaces or can have spaces before it. I am trying as follows:
public static void testWordBoundary(){
          String text = "     /m/075g     blah blah     ";
          String pattern = "/m/075g";
          Pattern search = Pattern.compile("\\b"+pattern+"\\b");
          Matcher m = search.matcher(text);
         if(m.find()){
              System.out.println("Found");
         else{
              System.out.println("Expression not found!");
}How can I achieve this? This above code does not work. Also, I cannot use "contains" method of string class as it says that the pattern exists if my text contains: "/m/075gzbpblahblah" as my pattern exists as a substring in the text.
What can be a solution to this?
Thanks

Answer 1

Hi
@Kamal: Thanks for your reply but your solution will not work if second text in my example is provided. Let me know..
@Sabre. Thanks for the reply. Actually anything can before and after the pattern, not just a white space or new line. The pattern can be at the end of the string as well: meaning there can be a carriage return after that as well. Sorry for the confusion. Probably that text was a bad example.
Now I am trying with pattern.compile("\\B"+pattern+"\\b") which seems to work fine. Is there some issues with this new technique or is there any more sophisticated means? Will I land up in trouble with this new approach? How can this be rectified?