Java Regex Matcher works, but String.split() doesn't

Question

I am looking to use a one line String.split() to pull out the 'name' in a query I am writting..

The Pattern + Matcher works like expected, but I am pulling my hair out trying to figure out why String.split() doesn't return a match!

public static void main(String[] asdf)
{
    final String queryText = "id <equals> `1` <AND> name <equals> `some name`";
    final String regex = "^(.*name <equals> `)([\\S\\s]*)(`.*)$";

    System.out.println("Splitting...");
    final String[] split = queryText.split(regex);
    for (int i = 0; i < split.length; i++)
    {
        System.out.println(split[i]);
    }

    System.out.println("Matching...");
    final Pattern pattern = Pattern.compile(regex);
    final Matcher matcher = pattern.matcher(queryText);

    if (matcher.find())
    {
        for (int i = 0; i < matcher.groupCount(); i++)
        {
            System.out.println(matcher.group(i + 1));
        }
    }
}

Prints the output

Splitting...
Matching...
id <equals> `1` <AND> name <equals> `
some name
`

Answer 1

You regex matches the whole string. Thus, when splitting, the whole string gets removed. It is exactly the same as "a".split("a"), which returns an empty array.

What you could use instead is:

queryText.replaceAll(".*name <equals> `([^`]+)`.*", "$1")

which returns some name.