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<div class="block">Constructor that creates a matcher from a string.</div>
<dl><dt><span class="strong">Parameters:</span></dt><dd><code>str</code> - the string to match, null or empty matches nothing</dd>
<dt><span class="strong">Returns:</span></dt><dd>a new Matcher for the given String</dd></dl>
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