# coding=utf8
# the above tag defines encoding for this document and is for Python 2.x compatibility
import re
regex = r"""
editor\s*\{[^{}"]*
# Repeatedly match the key-value pairs
(?:
# Match from opening to closing double quote for the 'key'
"[^\\"]*
# Handle escaped characters: \ followed by another character
(?: \\. [^\\"]* )*
"
# Then any whitespace between the 'key' and 'value'
\s+
# Match from opening to closing double quote for the 'value'
"[^\\"]*
# Handle escaped characters: \ followed by another character
(?: \\. [^\\"]* )*
"
# Match everything (especially whitespace) except these chars:
[^{}"]*
|
# Key name may or may not be within quotes
"? \w+ "? [^{}"]*
\{[^{}"]*
(?:
"[^\\"]* (?: \\. [^\\"]* )* " \s+ "[^\\"]* (?: \\. [^\\"]* )* "
[^{}"]*
)*
\} [^{}"]*
)*
\}
"""
test_str = ("\"entity\"\n"
"{\n"
" \"id\" \"5040044\"\n"
" \"classname\" \"weapon_defibrillator_spawn\"\n"
" \"angles\" \"0 0 0\"\n"
" \"body\" \"0\"\n"
" \"disableshadows\" \"0\"\n"
" \"skin\" \"0\"\n"
" \"solid\" \"6\"\n"
" \"spawnflags\" \"3\"\n"
" \"origin\" \"449.47 5797.25 2856\"\n"
" editor\n"
" {\n"
" \"color\" \"0 0 200\"\n"
" \"visgroupshown\" \"1\"\n"
" \"visgroupautoshown\" \"1\"\n"
" \"logicalpos\" \"[-13268 14500]\"\n"
" \"helptext\" \"This is a \\\"help\\\" menu.\"\n"
" }\n"
" editor\n"
" {\n"
" \"color\" \"0 0 200\"\n"
" \"visgroupshown\" \"1\"\n"
" \"visgroupautoshown\" \"1\"\n"
" \"logicalpos\" \"[-13268 14500]\"\n"
" }\n"
" editor\n"
" {\n"
" \"color\" \"0 0 200\"\n"
" \"visgroupshown\" \"1\"\n"
" \"visgroupautoshown\" \"1\"\n"
" \"logicalpos\" \"[-13268 14500]\"\n"
" \"specialchars\" \"}\"\n"
" }\n"
" editor\n"
" {\n"
" \"child\" \"0 0 200\"\n"
" \"visgroupshown\" \"1\"\n"
" \"visgroupautoshown\" \"1\"\n"
" \"logicalpos\" \"[-13268 14500]\"\n"
" subgroup\n"
" {\n"
" \"child\" \"42 42 42\"\n"
" }\n"
" }\n"
"}\n")
matches = re.finditer(regex, test_str, re.VERBOSE)
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