Help with Matcher class please

Question

All the examples I saw loop through content using
        Matcher matcher = pattern.matcher(arguments[0]);
        while (matcher.find())
            System.out.println("[" + matcher.group() + "]");           
    }I have a file which contains 5 columns of data in many rows. Can you please tell me whether the statement bellow will get me five columns of data:
        Matcher matcher = pattern.matcher(stringIn);
        while (matcher.find())
            System.out.print("[" + matcher.group() + "]  ");  
            System.out.print("[" + matcher.group() + "]  ");  
            System.out.print("[" + matcher.group() + "]  ");  
            System.out.print("[" + matcher.group() + "]  ");  
            System.out.println("[" + matcher.group() + "]  ");           
    }The code output from above for a stringIn of "1 2 3 4 5" is
[1] [1] [1] [1] [1]
[2] [2] [2] [2] [2]
[3] [3] [3] [3] [3]
[4] [4] [4] [4] [4]
[5] [5] [5] [5] [5]
I wanted as the bellow from a stringIn of "1 2 3 4 5":
[1] [2] [3] [4] [5]
Is it only find() which moves the pointer to the next item in the input?

Answer 1

Can you please tell me whether the
statement bellow will get me five columns of data:You can answer that yourself by running it.
The code output from above for a stringIn of "1 2 3
4 5" is
[1] [1] [1] [1] [1]
[2] [2] [2] [2] [2]
[3] [3] [3] [3] [3]
[4] [4] [4] [4] [4]
[5] [5] [5] [5] [5]
I wanted as the bellow from a stringIn of "1 2 3 4
5":
[1] [2] [3] [4] [5]
It's printing exactly what you're telling it to print. You're telling it to print the same thing several times, then a newline, and then move on to the next match.
Is it only find() which moves the pointer to the next item in the input?The docs for Matcher will tell you that. Why do you not want to use find?