regex101: Python Match Workspace

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

Group 1((https?)://(www\.)?twitter\.com/[^.\s]+)

Group 2(https?)

httpthe literal text http (case sensitive)

s?optionally matches the literal s (115₁₀ / 163₈ / 73₁₆) (case sensitive)

://the literal text ://

Group 3(www\.)?

?repeats the group contents below at most once:

wwwthe literal text www (case sensitive)

\.the literal . (46₁₀ / 56₈ / 2E₁₆)

twitterthe literal text twitter (case sensitive)

\.the literal . (46₁₀ / 56₈ / 2E₁₆)

com/the literal text com/ (case sensitive)

Negated Character Class[^.\s]+

+matches at least one character outside the set below:

.the literal . (46₁₀ / 56₈ / 2E₁₆)

\sa Unicode whitespace character

Global pattern flags

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

Search reference

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.*((https?)://(www\.)?twitter\.com/[^.\s]+)

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[15:47] <bb> I'm just going to keep them coming https://twitter.com/sarahbryant_/status/791002091045130240?lang=en
[15:49] <zz> hmmmmmm test https://twitter.com/randygdub/status/525142857015762944?lang=en
[15:49] <zz> https://twitter.com/sarahbryant_/status/791002091045130240?lang=en
[15:49] <aa> Tweet: I just found this on someone's car....
[15:52] <zz> https://twitter.com/sarahbryant_/status/791002091045130240?lang=en test 3
[15:52] <aa> Tweet: I just found this on someone's car....
[15:52] <zz> test4 pls test https://twitter.com/sarahbryant_/status/791002091045130240?lang=en test 3((https?)://(www\.)?twitter\.com/[^.\s]+)

Regular Expressions 101

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