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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]
  • Character class intersection
    [\w&&[^\d]]
  • 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"(?=_{20,}|From:|On\s\w{3},\s\w{3}\s\d{1,2},\s\d{4}\sat\s\d{1,2}:\d{2})", flags=re.IGNORECASE) test_str = ("Great thank you\n" "________________________________\n" "From: Blake <blake@foursocial.uk>\n" "Sent: Saturday, August 31, 2024 9:46:12 AM\n" "To: blake hoang <bjh2004@hotmail.co.uk>\n" "Subject: Re: Ignition. Campaign\n\n" "Thanks , yes we can do it\n" "---\n" "Blake Junior\n" "Managing Director | Foursocial.\n" "blake@foursocial.uk<mailto:blake@foursocial.uk>\n" "Submission Links<https://linktr.ee/foursocial1>\n" "[https://ci3.googleusercontent.com/mail-sig/AIorK4yeSFbHM5imdVzOjDTr7LwNvS9gqpyQ83uajylr7mDBuRn5ymG1jlev6Zz8vvgQMzDLAYjFLcR7LVLu]\n\n\n" "On Sat, Aug 31, 2024 at 9:45 AM blake hoang <bjh2004@hotmail.co.uk<mailto:bjh2004@hotmail.co.uk>> wrote:\n" "Hey there let me know the fee") match = regex.search(test_str) if match: print(f"Match 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