regex101: Python Match Workspace

^start of line

Group 1(.*?)

.*?any Unicode character (except for line terminators), repeated any number of times

Non-Capturing Group(?:$.*$)

\(the literal ( (40₁₀ / 50₈ / 28₁₆)

.*any Unicode character (except for line terminators), repeated any number of times

\)the literal ) (41₁₀ / 51₈ / 29₁₆)

ENDthe literal text END (case sensitive)

$end of line

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

Search reference

Regular Expression

^(.*?)(?:\(.*\))END$

New

START OF THE SHOW with some gibberish characters (I) also lots of non-sense things (II) with boring end ()END

START OF THE SHOW with some gibberish characters () also lots of non-sense things () with boring end ()END

START OF THE SHOW with some gibberish characters (I) also lots of non-sense things (II) with boring end (III)END

START OF THE SHOW with some gibberish characters (1) also lots of non-sense things (2) with boring end (3)END

START OF THE SHOW with some gibberish characters (111) also lots of non-sense things (222) with boring end (333)END

Regular Expressions 101

Regular Expression

Substitution