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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]
  • 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"(?<!\d[- \/.])(?<!\d)(3[01]|[12][0-9]|0?[1-9])[- \/.](1[012]|0?[1-9])[- \/.](?:\d{2})?(\d?\d)(?![- \/.]?\d)") test_str = ("Correct:\n" "01/01/2000\n" "01/Jan/2000\n" "31/01/2000\n" "31/Jan/2000\n" "31.Jan.2000\n" "31-Jan-2000\n" "01/1/2000 x form\n" "01/Jan/2000\n" "01/1/01 x form\n" "01/Jan/01\n" "29/02/2000 x date\n" "29/Feb/2000\n" "28/02/2001\n" "28/Feb/2001\n" "30/04/2000\n" "30/Apr/2000\n" "31/07/2000\n" "31/Jul/2000\n" "31/08/2000\n" "31/Aug/2000\n" "01/12/2000\n" "01/Dec/2000\n\n" "31-01-8888 ?\n" "02/Jan-1984\n" "1.1.0 x form\n" "10.11.12\n\n" "all catched as x form\n" "0,0,0\n" "test 31.100.1952\n" "32/03/18\n" "1.2.3\n" "123.2.12\n" "_22.02.18_\n" "22-02-18test\n" "22/02-18\n" "22//02/18\n" "22 02-18\n" "22:02:18\n" "1,2,3\n\n" "False:\n" "32/01/2000 x form\n" "32/Jan/2000\n" "01/15/2000 x form\n" "29/02/2001 x date\n" "29/Feb/2001\n" "29/02/1900 x date\n" "31/04/2000 x date\n" "31/Apr/2000\n" "31/09/2000 x date\n" "31/Sep/2000\n" "1.2.3-4\n" "1-2-3.4\n" "10.10.10.10\n" "2w4w6\n\n" "... falls on the date of 10.11.12.\n" "... it.10.11.12 has some type - there should be a whitespace but ....") 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