# coding=utf8
# the above tag defines encoding for this document and is for Python 2.x compatibility
import re
regex = r"(?:[a-z]+(?:(?!\n)[^a-z])+){3}((?=(?:(?![aeiou])[a-z])*[aeiou](?:(?![aeiou])[a-z])*[^a-z](*SKIP)(?!)|)[a-z]+)"
test_str = ("Here is my Text which \n"
"I now have *starred* the words which i would like accounted for\"\n"
"I would like the end result to be Lines 3 Words 6.\n"
"Python Regular expression **rules** have me trying things that \n"
"I have listed below. All of them are usable but I would like \n"
"To understand how to customize it for **production** to use.")
matches = re.finditer(regex, test_str, re.IGNORECASE)
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