Regular Expressions 101

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  • All Tokens
  • Common Tokens
  • General Tokens
  • Anchors
  • Meta Sequences
  • Quantifiers
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  • Character Classes
  • Flags/Modifiers
  • Substitution
  • A single character of: a, b or c
    [abc]
  • A character except: a, b or c
    [^abc]
  • A character in the range: a-z
    [a-z]
  • A character not in the range: a-z
    [^a-z]
  • A character in the range: a-z or A-Z
    [a-zA-Z]
  • Any single character
    .
  • Alternate - match either a or b
    a|b
  • Any whitespace character
    \s
  • Any non-whitespace character
    \S
  • Any digit
    \d
  • Any non-digit
    \D
  • Any word character
    \w
  • Any non-word character
    \W
  • Non-capturing group
    (?:...)
  • Capturing group
    (...)
  • Zero or one of a
    a?
  • Zero or more of a
    a*
  • One or more of a
    a+
  • Exactly 3 of a
    a{3}
  • 3 or more of a
    a{3,}
  • Between 3 and 6 of a
    a{3,6}
  • Start of string
    ^
  • End of string
    $
  • A word boundary
    \b
  • Non-word boundary
    \B

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import re regex = re.compile(r"^(?:((?P<p1>(?:\( ?)?+)(?:\+|00)?(54)(?<p2>(?: ?\))?+)(?P<sep>(?:[-.]| (?:[-.] )?)?+)(?:(?&p1)(9)(?&p2)(?&sep))?|(?&p1)(0)(?&p2)(?&sep))?+(?&p1)(11|([23]\d{2}(\d)??|(?(-10)(?(-5)(?!)|[68]\d{2})|(?!))))(?&p2)(?&sep)(?(-5)|(?&p1)(15)(?&p2)(?&sep))?(?:([3-6])(?&sep)|([12789]))(\d(?(-5)|\d(?(-6)|\d)))(?&sep)(\d{4})|(1\d{2}|911))$", flags=re.MULTILINE) test_str = ("+54 11 4444-0000\n" "+54 341 1118888\n" "(+549261)1234567\n" "(0351)333-4444\n" "266 - 999 - 0000\n" "343-1238888\n" "+5491188884444\n" "543412228888\n" "(54)233-15-111-2222\n" "(+54-343)9990000\n" "+54 (3436) 99-0000\n" "(0)8003337333\n" "11-4-9876543\n" "+54 11(4444)0000\n" "+54 341 1111-888\n" "(+54261)12-34567\n" "(03510)3334444\n" "266-99-0000\n" "4444-5555\n" "34-5555-0000\n" "444-5555") matches = regex.finditer(test_str) for match_num, match in enumerate(matches, start=1): print(f"Match {match_num} was found at {match.start()}-{match.end()}: {match.group()}") for group_num, group in enumerate(match.groups(), start=1): print(f"Group {group_num} found at {match.start(group_num)}-{match.end(group_num)}: {group}")

Please keep in mind that these code samples are automatically generated and are not guaranteed to work. If you find any syntax errors, feel free to submit a bug report. For a full regex reference for Python, please visit: https://docs.python.org/3/library/re.html