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  • 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]
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    a|b
  • Any whitespace character
    \s
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    \S
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    \d
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    \D
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  • 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
    ^
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    $
  • A word boundary
    \b
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import re regex = re.compile(r"(?:https?:)?(?:\/\/)?(?:[0-9A-Z-]+\.)?(?:youtu\.be\/|youtube(?:-nocookie)?\.com\/\S*?[^\w\s-])((?!videoseries)[\w-]{11})(?=[^\w-]|$)(?![?=&+%\w.-]*(?:['\"][^<>]*>|<\/a>))[?=&+%\w.-]*", flags=re.IGNORECASE | re.MULTILINE) test_str = ("<p>asdad youtube\n" "</p><div><br />\n" "youtube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HAKp1hyeaFU \n" "https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=itc07uJ2LKM&feature=push-u-sub&attr_tag=fdPXhNHdYCl8qsEg%3A6\n\n" "https://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=push-u-sub&attr_tag=fdPXhNHdYCl8qsEg%3A6&v=itc07uJ2LKM\n" "</div>\n" "<div>daadsads</div>\n\n" "<div>https://www.youtube.com/embed/HAKp1hyeaFU</div>\n\n" "<div>https://www.youtube.com/embed/HAKp1hyeaFU</div>\n\n" "<div>https://www.youtube.com/embed/HAKp1hyeaFU</div>\n\n\n" "<div>https://youtu.be/j2uN5Jeblf4</div>\n\n" "https://www.youtube-nocookie.com/embed/ghAYTa0MFbM?controls=0") 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