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  • All Tokens
  • Common Tokens
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  • Anchors
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  • Character Classes
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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"(url\(\\?['\"]?)(.*?)(\\?['\"]?\))", flags=re.IGNORECASE) test_str = ("/* stylelint-disable indentation */\n\n" "/// Plasma design theme icons\n" "@font-face {\n" " @include font-weight(regular);\n" " font-family: 'custom-icons';\n" " font-style: normal;\n" " src: url(\\\"/assets/img/raster-matrix-top-to-bottom.svg\\\")\n" " format('woff'),\n" " url('~@com.mgmtp.a12/plasma-design/assets/fonts/customicons/custom-icons.ttf')\n" " format('truetype');\n" "}\n\n" "/// Material design icons\n" "@font-face {\n" " @include font-weight(regular);\n" " font-family: 'Material Icons';\n" " font-style: normal;\n" " src: url('/assets/fonts/material-design-icons/MaterialIcons-Regular.eot')\n" " format('eot'),\n" " url('/assets/fonts/material-design-icons/MaterialIcons-Regular.woff2')\n" " format('woff2'),\n" " url('/assets/fonts/material-design-icons/MaterialIcons-Regular.woff')\n" " format('woff'),\n" " url('/assets/fonts/material-design-icons/MaterialIcons-Regular.ttf')\n" " format('truetype');\n" "}\n\n" "/// Avenir\n" "/// Regular\n" "@font-face {\n" " @include font-weight(regular);\n" " font-family: 'Avenir';\n" " font-style: normal;\n" " src: url(\\\"/assets/img/raster-matrix-top-to-bottom.svg\\\") format('eot'),\n" " url('/assets/fonts/avenir/avenir-regular.woff2') format('woff2'),\n" " url('/assets/fonts/avenir/avenir-regular.woff') format('woff'),\n" " url('/assets/fonts/avenir/avenir-regular.ttf') format('truetype');\n" "}\n\n" "/// Avenir\n" "/// Demi\n" "@font-face {\n" " @include font-weight(demi);\n" " font-family: 'Avenir';\n" " font-style: normal;\n" " src: url('/assets/fonts/avenir/avenir-demi.eot') format('eot'),\n" " url('/assets/fonts/avenir/avenir-demi.woff2') format('woff2'),\n" " url('/assets/fonts/avenir/avenir-demi.woff') format('woff'),\n" " url('/assets/fonts/avenir/avenir-demi.ttf') format('truetype');\n" "}\n\n" "/// Avenir\n" "/// Medium\n" "@font-face {\n" " @include font-weight(medium);\n" " font-family: 'Avenir';\n" " font-style: normal;\n" " src: url('/assets/fonts/avenir/avenir-medium.eot') format('eot'),\n" " url('/assets/fonts/avenir/avenir-medium.woff2') format('woff2'),\n" " url('/assets/fonts/avenir/avenir-medium.woff') format('woff'),\n" " url('/assets/fonts/avenir/avenir-medium.ttf') format('truetype');\n" "}\n\n" "/* stylelint-enable indentation */\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