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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"<img.+?src=\"(.+?)\"[^}]+>", flags=re.IGNORECASE) test_str = ("<![CDATA[<p>Buganda Road Chief Magistrate James Mawanda Eremye has released Makerere University administrator Edward Kisuze. The suspended administrator is accused of sexually harassing a student. Court told Kisuzze to pay cash bail of Shs2m and each of his three sureties Shs10m.</p>\n\n" " <p><a href=\"http://matookerepublic.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/04/kisuze.png\"><img class=\"alignnone wp-image-32386\" src=\"http://matookerepublic.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/04/kisuze-300x175.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"680\" height=\"396\" srcset=\"http://matookerepublic.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/04/kisuze-300x175.png 300w, http://matookerepublic.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/04/kisuze-696x405.png 696w, http://matookerepublic.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/04/kisuze.png 720w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 680px) 100vw, 680px\" /></a></p>\n\n" " <p>However, before releasing him the magistrate ordered the prosecutor to disclose to the defence the evidence to enable commencement of hearing of this case come <span data-term=\"goog_350196878\">May 28 2018</span>.</p>\n\n" "<p>On April 14, police arrested Kisuze after a viral picture of him kissing the student&#8217;s private parts in office was released online. On May 4<sup>,</sup> he appeared before court and was remanded to Luzira prison after pleading not guilty to charges.</p>\n" "]]>") match = regex.search(test_str) if match: print(f"Match 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