Pattern matching for range of numbers

Question

I am facing problem in using a pattern like [200-300] to match any number in the range 200 and 300 inclusive. I wrote following code:
public class RangeTest {
     public static void main(String[] args) {
          String pat = "[100-200]";
          String input = "100";
          // incpat.replace("[", "\\[");
          // incpat.replace("]", "\\]");                    
          System.out.println("Pattern" + pat);
          Pattern pattern = Pattern.compile(pat);
          Matcher matcher = pattern.matcher(input);
          if (matcher.matches()) {
               System.out.println("EPC Matched:" + input + " and pattern:"              +matcher.pattern());                         
}and tested it for different values of input , it's not working. I tried even giving escape characters for "[" and "]" (commented code). Can i use pattern matching in this case.
Please help me.
Regards,
Prashanth

Answer 1

I am facing problem in using a pattern like[200-300] to match any number in
the range 200 and 300 inclusive.Try this one: "(2\d\d)|(300)".
kind regards,
Jos
ps. Waiting for Sabre to jump in telling me that the
parentheses aren't needed ;-)The parentheses aren't needed Jos! :-)