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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"(\d+)\.(.+?)\s+(?=\d).+?(\d+)(?=$|\s+(?:\[|[A-Z]))", flags=re.MULTILINE) test_str = ("1.FC Barcelona 38 28 9 1 99-29 93 Champions\n" " 2.Atlético de Madrid 38 23 10 5 58-22 79\n" " 3.Real Madrid CF 38 22 10 6 94-44 76 [C]\n" " 4.Valencia CF 38 22 7 9 65-38 73\n" " 5.Villarreal CF 38 18 7 13 57-50 61\n" " 6.Real Betis Balompié (Sevilla) 38 18 6 14 60-61 60\n" " 7.Sevilla FC 38 17 7 14 49-58 58\n" " 8.Getafe CF 38 15 10 13 42-33 55 [P]\n" " 9.SD Eibar 38 14 9 15 44-50 51 [2 2 0 0 8-2 6]\n" "10.Girona FC 38 14 9 15 50-59 51 [P] [2 0 0 2 2-8 0]\n" "11.RCD Espanyol (Barcelona) 38 12 13 13 36-42 49 [4 2 2 0 7-5 8]\n" "12.Real Sociedad (San Sebastián) 38 14 7 17 66-59 49 [4 1 1 2 6-7 4]\n" "13.RC Celta (Vigo) 38 13 10 15 59-60 49 [4 1 1 2 7-8 3]\n" "14.Deportivo Alavés (Vitoria) 38 15 2 21 40-50 47\n" "15.Levante UD (Valencia) 38 11 13 14 44-58 46 [P]\n" "16.Athletic de Bilbao 38 10 13 15 41-49 43 [2 1 0 1 2-1 3]\n" "17.CD Leganés 38 12 7 19 34-51 43 [2 1 0 1 1-2 3]**\n" "--------------------------------------------------------**\n" "18.RC Deportivo (La Coruña) 38 6 11 21 38-76 29 Relegated\n" "19.UD Las Palmas 38 5 7 26 24-74 22 Relegated\n" "20.Málaga CF 38 5 5 28 24-61 20 Relegated") 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