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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]
  • 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"^.*\d/\h*\d.*(?:\R(?!END OF REPORT).*)*\REND OF REPORT\b", flags=re.MULTILINE | re.IGNORECASE) test_str = ("TRAFFIC MEASUREMENT REPORT PART 1/ 6 VLR MEASUREMENT VLRMEAS \n\n" "SAMPLE DATE: FROM 2020-10-22 14:00:00:09\n" " TO 2020-10-22 15:00:00:13\n\n" "REGISTERED SUBSCRIBERS:\n\n\n" "LOCATION AREA CODE CURRENT AVERAGE TMS1 TMS2 TMS3\n" " UNKNOWN LAC 2 2 0 0 0\n" " 113 75868 75749 0 0 0\n" " 115 40627 40732 0 0 0\n" " 1102 70422 70489 0 0 0\n" " 1105 87075 87067 0 0 0\n" " 1117 56150 56180 0 0 0\n" " 1118 67175 67444 0 0 0\n" " 1120 74385 74381 0 0 0\n" " 1121 65034 65060 0 0 0\n" " 1122 21636 21407 0 0 0\n" " 1217 22944 22856 0 0 0\n" " 1218 49054 48993 0 0 0\n" " 1318 24283 24066 0 0 0\n" " 1418 16366 16350 0 0 0\n" " 2118 17812 17674 0 0 0\n" " 2120 79644 79489 0 0 0\n" "TOTAL 768477 767939 0 0 0\n\n" "PART 1/ 6\n" "END OF REPORT\n\n" "testing some data\n" "here\n\n" "TRAFFIC MEASUREMENT REPORT PART 2/ 6 VLR MEASUREMENT VLRMEAS \n\n" "SAMPLE DATE: FROM 2020-10-22 14:00:00:09\n" " TO 2020-10-22 15:00:00:13\n\n" "REGISTERED SUBSCRIBERS:\n\n\n" "LOCATION AREA CODE CURRENT AVERAGE TMS1 TMS2 TMS3\n" " UNKNOWN LAC 2 2 0 0 0\n" " 113 75868 75749 0 0 0\n" " 115 40627 40732 0 0 0\n" " 1102 70422 70489 0 0 0\n" " 1105 87075 87067 0 0 0\n" " 1117 56150 56180 0 0 0\n" " 1118 67175 67444 0 0 0\n" " 1120 74385 74381 0 0 0\n" " 1121 65034 65060 0 0 0\n" " 1122 21636 21407 0 0 0\n" " 1217 22944 22856 0 0 0\n" " 1218 49054 48993 0 0 0\n" " 1318 24283 24066 0 0 0\n" " 1418 16366 16350 0 0 0\n" " 2118 17812 17674 0 0 0\n" " 2120 79644 79489 0 0 0\n" "TOTAL 768477 767939 0 0 0\n\n" "PART 2/ 6\n" "END OF REPORT") 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