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  • All Tokens
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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"node.*?=(\w+).*?\s(\d+)", flags=re.MULTILINE) test_str = ("digraph A {\n" "rankdir = LR;\n" "node [shape=circle,style=filled] 0\n" "node [shape=circle,style=filled] 1\n" "node [shape=circle,style=filled] 2\n" "node [shape=circle,style=filled] 3\n" "node [shape=circle,style=filled] 4\n" "node [shape=circle,style=filled] 5\n" "node [shape=circle,style=filled] 6\n" "node [shape=circle,style=filled] 7\n" "node [shape=circle,style=filled] 8\n" "node [shape=circle,style=filled] 9\n" "node [shape=doublecircle,style=filled] 10\n" "0 -> 4 [label=\"g \"];\n" "0 -> 1 [label=\"b \"];\n" "1 -> 2 [label=\"o \"];\n" "2 -> 7 [label=\"y \"];\n" "2 -> 3 [label=\"o \"];\n" "3 -> 7 [label=\"k \"];\n" "4 -> 5 [label=\"i \"];\n" "5 -> 6 [label=\"r \"];\n" "6 -> 7 [label=\"l \"];\n" "7 -> 9 [label=\"<+N:s> \"];\n" "7 -> 8 [label=\"<+N:0> \"];\n" "8 -> 10 [label=\"<+Sg:0> \"];\n" "9 -> 10 [label=\"<+Pl:0> \"];\n" "}") subst = "" result = regex.sub(subst, test_str) if result: print(result)

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