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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"(\"ControlLabel\": \")(.*)(\",\n\s*)(\"ControlOptions\":.*)(Select all that apply:\\r\\n)(.*)(\n\s*\"ControlType\": \")(OneResponse\")", flags=re.MULTILINE) test_str = (" }, {\n" " \"ControlLabel\": \"How the post-op instructions were given\",\n" " \"ControlOptions\": \"Select all that apply:\\r\\ncomputer generated\\r\\nverbal\\r\\nwritten\",\n" " \"ControlType\": \"OneResponse\",\n" " \"Descript\": \"Post-Op Instructions\"\n" " }, {\n" " \"ControlLabel\": \"The degree of scaling\",\n" " \"ControlOptions\": \"general\\r\\nlight\",\n" " \"ControlType\": \"MultiResponse\",\n" " \"Descript\": \"Prophy Scaling\"\n" " }, {\n" " \"ControlLabel\": \"The quadrants\",\n" " \"ControlOptions\": \"Select all that apply:\\r\\nUpper Right\\r\\nUpper Left\\r\\nLower Right\\r\\nLower Left\",\n" " \"ControlType\": \"OneResponse\",\n" " \"Descript\": \"Quadrant-Select Multiple\"") subst = "\\1\\2. Select all that apply.\\3\\4\\6\\7MultiResponse\"" result = regex.sub(subst, test_str) if result: print(result)

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