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  • All Tokens
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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]
  • Character class intersection
    [\w&&[^\d]]
  • 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"[^]+\[Input\][^]+(NewAutoController)[^]+\[.*\]", flags=re.MULTILINE) test_str = ("[Console]\n" "No = いいえ\n" "Yes = はい\n" "FailedLogin = 現在ログインすることができません。後ほどもう一度お試しください。\n" "OfflineMode = オフラインでプレイしたい場合、Xbox Liveの機能は使用できず、データはセーブされません。\n\n" "[Input]\n" "ControllerDisconnect = コントローラーが切断されました。コントローラーを再接続して再開しましょう。\n" "NewAutoController = 新しい入力：\n\n" "[levels]\n" "FreeRoamDesc = お好きにどうぞ\n" "MountainPeak = 山の頂上\n" "Act = 幕\n" "Chapter = チャプター\n\n" "[cheats]\n" "disallowed_outside_editor = エディター外\n\n" "^\\[Input\\]\n" "^\\[\\w+\\]\n\n" "[^]+\\[levels]") subst = "$1" 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