# coding=utf8
# the above tag defines encoding for this document and is for Python 2.x compatibility
import re
regex = r"\"([^\"]*)\""
test_str = ("REQUIREMENT: Match strings between two identical characters\n"
"REGEX FIDDLE: https://regex101.com/r/BVjLuU/2\n\n"
"MATCH:\n"
"A \"1\" text \"+\" some more text, and \"there can be ==1234== even more \"text\n"
"in btw quotes\n\n"
"NO MATCH\n"
"text here, 1234.\n\n"
"FURTHER LINKS:\n"
" - Negated character class: https://www.regular-expressions.info/charclass.html#negated\n"
" - Capturing groups: https://www.regular-expressions.info/brackets.html\n"
" - Regex plus vs star difference SO question: https://stackoverflow.com/q/8575281/3832970\n"
" - Google for '<language> regex extract part of a match stackoverflow'\n")
matches = re.finditer(regex, test_str, re.IGNORECASE)
for matchNum, match in enumerate(matches, start=1):
print ("Match {matchNum} was found at {start}-{end}: {match}".format(matchNum = matchNum, start = match.start(), end = match.end(), match = match.group()))
for groupNum in range(0, len(match.groups())):
groupNum = groupNum + 1
print ("Group {groupNum} found at {start}-{end}: {group}".format(groupNum = groupNum, start = match.start(groupNum), end = match.end(groupNum), group = match.group(groupNum)))
# Note: for Python 2.7 compatibility, use ur"" to prefix the regex and u"" to prefix the test string and substitution.
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