Java Browser, Dynamic string Matcher Pattern

I have the following code that uses a specific string and uses the matcher and pattern to draw a link, I also have a method that returns the html code as a string, my problem is that I dont know how to call it so that when the following method runs it uses the dynamic string instead of a static one, I tried using the dynamic string name inside the search but it gave me an error saying that it cannot be compiled since im trying to use a dynamic string instead of a static one, any hints or help would be appreciated, if you need any of my other classes and or methods feel free to ask.

String stringToSearch = "<a>http://ift.tt/19KruvX; ";


Pattern p = Pattern.compile("<a>(\\S+)</a>");
Matcher m = p.matcher(stringToSearch);


if (m.find())
{

  String codeGroup = m.group(1);


  System.out.format("'%s'\n", codeGroup);
}

} }`