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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"http[s]?://(?:[a-zA-Z]|[0-9]|[$-_\@.&+]|[!*'(),]|(?:%[0-9a-fA-F][0-9a-fA-F]))+", flags=re.MULTILINE) test_str = ("Xem thêm nội dung được đề xuất cho riêng bạn. https://vt.tiktok.com/ZSFNnnkf2/\n\n" "Xem thêm nội dung được đề xuất cho riêng bạn. https://vt.tiktok.com/ZSFNnnkf2/\n\n" "5.17 Xzt:/ 10/13 H@i.pQ QQ炫舞系列赠送龙年多重好礼，无需下载点开即玩！ # QQ炫舞 # 游戏 # 龙年 https://v.douyin.com/iNYLXGru/ 复制此链接，打开Dou音搜索，直接观看视频！\n\n" "0.51 p@q.Rx lpD:/ 12/19 真的好浪漫啊，公主请看@ https://v.douyin.com/iNYNd6Ns/ 复制此链接，打开Dou音搜索，直接观看视频！\n\n" "Xem thêm tại https://www.facebook.com/story.php?story_fbid=pfbid0YNXQNNzHc39zjUhbMar7Fh2UsjooeemZkLJpQ1Q3phq8QvtEAY1Rc75qatoi6ku3l&id=100064769740799&mibextid=Nif5oz\n\n" "xem thêm https://www.facebook.com/share/v/VDjQdshbUq72CQbe/?mibextid=oFDknk") 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