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public static int regexIndexOf(String str, Pattern pattern) {
		int pos;
		try {
			Matcher m = pattern.matcher(str);

			if (m.find()) {
				pos = m.start();
			} else pos = -1;
		} catch (Throwable e) {
			pos = -1;
		}

		return pos;
	}