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  • All Tokens
  • Common 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"^[+|-]?(90.0{6}|[0-8]?[0-9].[0-9]{6})$", flags=re.MULTILINE) test_str = ("// Valid values\n\n" "-90.000000\n" "90.000000\n" "1.000000\n" "-1.000000\n" "9.999999\n" "88.888888\n" "77.777777\n" "66.666666\n" "55.555555\n" "44.444444\n" "33.333333\n" "22.222222\n" "11.111111\n" "00.000000\n" "-9.999999\n" "-88.888888\n" "-77.777777\n" "-66.666666\n" "-55.555555\n" "-44.444444\n" "-33.333333\n" "-22.222222\n" "-11.111111\n\n" "// Invalid values\n\n" "-90.000001\n" "-90.000010\n" "-90.000100\n" "-90.001000\n" "-90.010000\n" "-90.100000\n" "-91.000000\n" "90.000001\n" "90.000010\n" "90.000100\n" "90.001000\n" "90.010000\n" "90.100000\n" "91.000000\n" "+190.000000\n" "190.000000\n" "-190.000000\n" "-90.00000\n" "-90.0000\n" "-90.000\n" "-90.00\n" "-90.0\n" "-90.\n" "-90\n" "-9\n" "190.000000\n" "90.00000\n" "90.0000\n" "90.000\n" "90.00\n" "90.0\n" "90.\n" "90\n" "9\n") 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