regex101: Python Match Workspace

Pro

Positive Lookbehind(?<=[\s])

Character Class[\s]

\sa Unicode whitespace character

Group 1((?:docstring|some_detailed_notes)\s*=\s*(?://.*\n\s*)*)

Non-Capturing Group(?:docstring|some_detailed_notes)

1st Alternativedocstring

docstringthe literal text docstring (case sensitive)

2nd Alternativesome_detailed_notes

some_detailed_notesthe literal text some_detailed_notes (case sensitive)

\s*a Unicode whitespace character, repeated any number of times

=the literal = (61₁₀ / 75₈ / 3D₁₆)

\s*a Unicode whitespace character, repeated any number of times

Non-Capturing Group(?://.*\n\s*)*

*repeats the group contents below any number of times:

//the literal text //

.*any Unicode character (except for line terminators), repeated any number of times

\na line-feed (newline) character (ASCII 10)

\s*a Unicode whitespace character, repeated any number of times

Group 2((("|\(\s*")((?:[^"\\]|\\.)+)("|"\s*\)))*|([\+_a-z ]*)*)

1st Alternative(("|\(\s*")((?:[^"\\]|\\.)+)("|"\s*\)))*

Group 3(("|\(\s*")((?:[^"\\]|\\.)+)("|"\s*\)))*

*repeats the group contents below any number of times:

Group 4("|\(\s*")

1st Alternative"

"the literal " (34₁₀ / 42₈ / 22₁₆)

2nd Alternative\(\s*"

\(the literal ( (40₁₀ / 50₈ / 28₁₆)

\s*a Unicode whitespace character, repeated any number of times

"the literal " (34₁₀ / 42₈ / 22₁₆)

Group 5((?:[^"\\]|\\.)+)

Non-Capturing Group(?:[^"\\]|\\.)+

+repeats the group contents below at least once:

1st Alternative[^"\\]

Negated Character Class[^"\\]

"the literal " (34₁₀ / 42₈ / 22₁₆)

\\the literal \ (92₁₀ / 134₈ / 5C₁₆)

2nd Alternative\\.

\\the literal \ (92₁₀ / 134₈ / 5C₁₆)

.any Unicode character (except for line terminators)

Group 6("|"\s*\))

1st Alternative"

"the literal " (34₁₀ / 42₈ / 22₁₆)

2nd Alternative"\s*\)

"the literal " (34₁₀ / 42₈ / 22₁₆)

\s*a Unicode whitespace character, repeated any number of times

\)the literal ) (41₁₀ / 51₈ / 29₁₆)

2nd Alternative([\+_a-z ]*)*

Group 7([\+_a-z ]*)*

*repeats the group contents below any number of times:

Character Class[\+_a-z ]*

*matches any number of characters from the set below:

\+the literal + (43₁₀ / 53₈ / 2B₁₆)

_the literal _ (95₁₀ / 137₈ / 5F₁₆)

a-zone character from a (97₁₀) to z (122₁₀) (case sensitive)

the literal (32₁₀ / 40₈ / 20₁₆)

Group 8(\s*;)

\s*a Unicode whitespace character, repeated any number of times

;the literal ; (59₁₀ / 73₈ / 3B₁₆)

Global pattern flags

g modifier: global. Finds all matches instead of stopping after the first

25 tokens

Regular Expression

(?<=[\s])((?:docstring|some_detailed_notes)\s*=\s*(?://.*\n\s*)*)((("|\(\s*")((?:[^"\\]|\\.)+)("|"\s*\)))*|([\+_a-z ]*)*)(\s*;)


docstring = "mystr";

docstring = "some \"subs" + some_str + "next";

docstring = (
  some_str + "cde" + some_str + "efg" + another_str + "ghi"
);