Regular Expressions 101

1st Alternativetype = (?<type>\S*)

type = the literal text type = (case sensitive)

Group type(?<type>\S*)

\S*any non-whitespace character, repeated any number of times

2nd Alternativecount = (?<count>\d+)

count = the literal text count = (case sensitive)

Group count(?<count>\d+)

\d+a digit, repeated at least once

3rd Alternativedestinations = (?<destinations>\S*)

destinations = the literal text destinations = (case sensitive)

Group destinations(?<destinations>\S*)

\S*any non-whitespace character, repeated any number of times

Global pattern flags

g modifier: global. Finds all matches instead of stopping after the first

m modifier: multiline. Causes ^ and $ to match the start and end of each line, not only the start and end of the string

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Regular Expression

type = (?<type>\S*)|count = (?<count>\d+)|destinations = (?<destinations>\S*)

New

string1 = """
Name: default
type = Route
status = 0
count = 5
enabled = False
start_time = 18:00:00
end_time = 00:00:00
destinations = default
started = False
"""

string2 = """
Name: default
type = Route
status = 0
enabled = False
start_time = 18:00:00
end_time = 00:00:00
destinations = default
started = False
"""

type, count and destinations

Regular Expression

Substitution