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  • All Tokens
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  • Anchors
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  • Substitution
  • 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"^(我说(了)?|(我)?跟你说|(我)?说的是)?请?你?(.{0,2}我)?(把)?(音乐|歌曲|音响|音箱|播放)?(暂停|停)(下|一下|一会|一会儿)?(音乐|播放|音响|音箱|歌曲|音乐播放器)?(了)?(听到(了)?(吗|没|没有)|(你)?还放)?.{0,1}$", flags=re.MULTILINE) test_str = ("我不听了\n" "你别放了\n" "我不想听了\n" "别放了\n" "我要听音乐\n" "我不要听\n" "我不听\n" "别放了啊\n" "跟你说别放了\n" "你别放了听到没\n" "你别放了还放\n" "别放了你\n" "你结束\n" "你别放了啊\n" "快把音乐关上\n\n\n" "关闭音响\n" "关闭音乐\n" "关掉音乐\n" "关掉播放器\n" "你关掉音乐\n" "你给我关掉音乐\n\n" "暂停音乐\n" "把音乐停下来\n" "你把音乐停下来\n" "暂停播放\n" "暂停音乐播放器\n" "给我停下\n" "停下来\n" "音乐停下来\n" "暂停\n" "你给我停下\n" "快给我停下\n" "停\n" "暂停一下呗\n" "停下\n\n" "唱的真难听\n" "好难听\n" "真难听啊\n" "不好听\n" "不喜欢\n" "真的不喜欢\n" "不喜欢这首歌\n" "不喜欢这个\n" "你唱的太难听了\n" "好难听\n\n" "不想听音乐\n" "别放音乐\n" "不听音乐\n" "想听周杰伦的歌\n") 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