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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
  • Match everything enclosed
    (?:...)
  • Capture everything enclosed
    (...)
  • 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

Regular Expression
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# coding=utf8 # the above tag defines encoding for this document and is for Python 2.x compatibility import re regex = r"((((\+49(\s?))|(049(\s?))?)[.\-\\\/]*?((\(0\))|0)?\s?(151|152|157|159|160|162|163|17)|((\+43(\s?))|(043(\s?))?)[.\-\\\/]*?((\(0\))|0)?\s?(650|660|663|664|676|678|680|681|688|699)|((\+41(\s?))|(041(\s?))?)[.\-\\\/]*?((\(0\))|0)?\s?(76|77|78|79)))([ .\-\\\/]*[0-9]+){7,}" test_str = ("===================================\n" "====== sms phone ==================\n" "===================================\n\n" "Fon +49 33 27. 46 88 13\n" "Fax +49 33 27. 46 88 46\n\n" "+49 (0) 173 / 241 38 66\n\n" "Neuenhofer Str. 6 Tel. 02244 - 8 79 96 39\n" "53639 Königswinter Mobil: 0151 - 23 58 73 18\n\n" "tel 030/ 5779 9182\n" "fax 030/ 5779 9182\n" "mob 0178/ 935 44 00\n\n" "Tel. +49 (0) 9283 - 920 39 01\n" "Fax +49 (0) 9283 - 920 391\n\n" "Fon +99-99 99-9 9 99 99- 98\n" "Mobil +49 - 177 - 999 99 99\n\n" "Tel.: +49 (0) 99 99 - 77 999 777\n\n" "0171 -99 99 99 99\n" "0171 - 99 99 99 99\n\n" "071195836855\n\n" "210 Shepherd's Bush Road +49 30 340 604 760\n\n" "+49 30 340 604 760\n\n" "Phone: +49 177 2837460\n" "ZAV Köln: +49 221 29304928\n\n" "Tel +49 (0)8143 999500\n" "Fax +49 (0)8143 999500\n" "Mobil +49 (0)8143 999500\n\n" "+49 (0) 6731 99 77 99 6\n\n" "+49 173 9292927\n\n" "+49 -(0) 173 9292927\n\n" "Tel. 0621 939393 Memeler Straße 15\n" "Fax 0283 9193940 67294 Mannheim-Schönau\n\n\n" "+41 79 419 84 55\n\n" "Tel. 02938 9987-12\n" "Fax 02938 9987-12\n\n" "030.20 14 32 34\n\n" "Aparmenthotel ***** Telefon +49 (0) 9928 444 09-100\n\n" "+49(0)23459302939577777\n\n\n" "Mobil: +49 (0) 889 9999 9999\n\n\n" "T: +43 (0)9999 99 999, F: +43 (0)9999 99 999-4\n\n" "Tel.: +49 9999 9999999\n\n" "Mobile (Mauritius): +230 00 00 00 00\n" "Phone (Germany): +49 (351) 222 22 22\n\n" "Telefon +49 99 99999-77777 92927 Berlin\n" "Fax +49 99 99999-77777 Besucheranschrift:\n" "Mobil +49 992 9999977777 Lichtenberger Straße 29 a\n\n" "0171-99 99 99 99\n\n" "040 6026770 s.goetze@provin.net\n" "Mobil 0170-7934869 E-Email: leglos@athanasia-coaching.de\n\n" "steffen.sprattler@consigno.net T+41 844 266 744\n\n" "mobil: +23 (0) 234 342 kiel@h-faktor.de www.h-faktor.de\n\n\n") matches = re.finditer(regex, test_str, re.MULTILINE) for matchNum, match in enumerate(matches, start=1): print ("Match {matchNum} was found at {start}-{end}: {match}".format(matchNum = matchNum, start = match.start(), end = match.end(), match = match.group())) for groupNum in range(0, len(match.groups())): groupNum = groupNum + 1 print ("Group {groupNum} found at {start}-{end}: {group}".format(groupNum = groupNum, start = match.start(groupNum), end = match.end(groupNum), group = match.group(groupNum))) # Note: for Python 2.7 compatibility, use ur"" to prefix the regex and u"" to prefix the test string and substitution.

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