regex101: Python Match Workspace

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Group number(?P<number>\d+)

\d+a Unicode decimal digit, repeated at least once

\.the literal . (46₁₀ / 56₈ / 2E₁₆)

*the literal (32₁₀ / 40₈ / 20₁₆) , repeated any number of times

\r?optionally matches a carriage return (ASCII 13)

\na line-feed (newline) character (ASCII 10)

Group question(?P<question>(?:(?!$[a-z]$)[a-zA-Z\d() -–]*\r?\n)+)

Non-Capturing Group(?:(?!$[a-z]$)[a-zA-Z\d() -–]*\r?\n)+

+repeats the group contents below at least once:

Negative Lookahead(?!$[a-z]$)

\(the literal ( (40₁₀ / 50₈ / 28₁₆)

Character Class[a-z]

a-zone character from a (97₁₀) to z (122₁₀) (case sensitive)

\)the literal ) (41₁₀ / 51₈ / 29₁₆)

Character Class[a-zA-Z\d() -–]*

*matches any number of characters from the set below:

a-zone character from a (97₁₀) to z (122₁₀) (case sensitive)

A-Zone character from A (65₁₀) to Z (90₁₀) (case sensitive)

\da Unicode decimal digit

(the literal ( (40₁₀ / 50₈ / 28₁₆)

)the literal ) (41₁₀ / 51₈ / 29₁₆)

-–one character from (32₁₀) to – (8211₁₀)

\r?optionally matches a carriage return (ASCII 13)

\na line-feed (newline) character (ASCII 10)

Group options(?P<options>(?:(?!(?<=\n)\d+\. *\r?\n)[a-zA-Z\d() -–]*\r?\n)+)

Non-Capturing Group(?:(?!(?<=\n)\d+\. *\r?\n)[a-zA-Z\d() -–]*\r?\n)+

+repeats the group contents below at least once:

Negative Lookahead(?!(?<=\n)\d+\. *\r?\n)

Positive Lookbehind(?<=\n)

\na line-feed (newline) character (ASCII 10)

\d+a Unicode decimal digit, repeated at least once

\.the literal . (46₁₀ / 56₈ / 2E₁₆)

*the literal (32₁₀ / 40₈ / 20₁₆) , repeated any number of times

\r?optionally matches a carriage return (ASCII 13)

\na line-feed (newline) character (ASCII 10)

Character Class[a-zA-Z\d() -–]*

*matches any number of characters from the set below:

a-zone character from a (97₁₀) to z (122₁₀) (case sensitive)

A-Zone character from A (65₁₀) to Z (90₁₀) (case sensitive)

\da Unicode decimal digit

(the literal ( (40₁₀ / 50₈ / 28₁₆)

)the literal ) (41₁₀ / 51₈ / 29₁₆)

-–one character from (32₁₀) to – (8211₁₀)

\r?optionally matches a carriage return (ASCII 13)

\na line-feed (newline) character (ASCII 10)

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

25 tokens

Regular Expression

(?P<number>\d+)\. *\r?\n(?P<question>(?:(?!\([a-z]\))[a-zA-Z\d() -–]*\r?\n)+)(?P<options>(?:(?!(?<=\n)\d+\. *\r?\n)[a-zA-Z\d() -–]*\r?\n)+)

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