How to find a string at a specific location with regex with java?

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import java.util.regex.Matcher;
import java.util.regex.Pattern;

public class Main {
    public static void main(String[] args) {
        String input = "The quick brown fox jumps over the lazy dog";
        String patternString = "quick";

        Pattern pattern = Pattern.compile(patternString);
        Matcher matcher = pattern.matcher(input);

        if (matcher.find(4)) { // specify the starting position to search
            System.out.println("String 'quick' found starting at position " + matcher.start());
        }
    }
}