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  • All Tokens
  • Common Tokens
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  • Meta Sequences
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  • Flags/Modifiers
  • Substitution
  • 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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Generated Code

import re regex = re.compile(r"(?<!^)((?<=[a-z])[A-Z0-9]|[A-Z](?=[a-z]))", flags=re.MULTILINE) test_str = ("Situacao\",\n" "PES_TIPO_PESSOA\",\n" "CedenteCnpjCpf\",\n" "TIT_CEDENTE_ENT_CODIGO\",\n" "CedenteNome\",\n" "Cnae\",\n" "SecaoCNAEDescricao\",\n" "NotaPdd\",\n" "SAC_TIPO_PESSOA\",\n" "SacadoCnpjCpf\",\n" "SacadoNome\",\n" "IdTituloVortx\",\n" "TipoAtivo\",\n" "DataEmissao\",\n" "DataAquisicao\",\n" "DataVencimento\",\n" "NumeroBoleto\",\n" "NumeroTitulo\",\n" "CampoChave\",\n" "ValorAquisicao\",\n" "ValorNominal\",\n" "ValorPresente\",\n" "PDDNota\",\n" "PDDVencido\",\n" "PagamentoParcial\",\n" "Coobricacao\",\n" "DataGeracao\",\n" "PDDTotal\",\n" "CampoAdicional1\",\n" "CampoAdicional2\",\n" "CampoAdicional3\",\n" "CampoAdicional4\",\n" "CampoAdicional5,\n" "Campo22Adicional5\n" "camelCase") subst = "_\\1" 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