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  • All Tokens
  • Common Tokens
  • General Tokens
  • Anchors
  • Meta Sequences
  • Quantifiers
  • Group Constructs
  • Character Classes
  • Flags/Modifiers
  • 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""" (?: (?<!\S)@ # Match "@" only if it's not preceded by a non-whitespace character | # OR (?: # Telegram link types reference: https://core.telegram.org/api/links # (?:https?://)? # Optional HTTP or HTTPS protocol (?:www\.)? # www subdomain (?:t\.me|telegram\.(?:me|dog)) # Match "t.me", "telegram.me", or "telegram.dog" domains / # Ensure a forward slash after the domain | # OR tg://resolve\?domain= # Match Telegram deep link schema (tg://resolve?domain=) ) | # OR (?=\b # Positive lookahead: Ensure a valid subdomain before username (?!\w*__) # Disallow double underscores anywhere in the username (?!\w*_{2,}) # Disallow underscores at the start or end of username (?:[a-z][a-z0-9_]{3,31}) # Username (?<!_) # Disallow usernames ending with an underscore \.t\.me$ # Ensure it ends with ".t.me" ) ) (?P<username> # Start capturing the username (?!\w*_{2,}) # Disallow double underscores in the username (?!\w*[^0-9a-z_.,\s]) # Ensure valid characters (letters, numbers, underscores, dots, commas, spaces) (?:[a-z][a-z0-9_]{3,31}) # Username (?<!_) # Disallow username ending with an underscore \b # Ensure it's a valid word boundary ) (?:\.t\.me)? # Optional ".t.me" subdomain """, flags=re.MULTILINE | re.IGNORECASE | re.VERBOSE) test_str = ("@username\n" "@user_name\n" "@username123\n" "@alanbadoev @orkester okinea.t.me\n" "@username123_, @username123\n" "@username123, @username123_\n" "@username123, username123.t.me\n" "@name_with_underscore\n" "@user$name\n" "@user__name\n" "@username_\n" "@user name\n" "@toolongusernameeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee\n" "@123username\n" "https://t.me/username\n" "https://www.t.me/username\n" "http://t.me/username\n" "t.me/username\n" "tg://resolve?domain=username\n" "username.t.me\n" " username.t.me\n" "https://t.me/@username\n" "http://t.me/user__name\n" "username_.t.me\n" "user__name.t.me\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