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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"header[\s\S]*?\"air_temp\": (\d{1,3}\.\d{0,3})") test_str = ("{\n" " \"observations\": {\n" " \"notice\": [\n" " {\n" " \"copyright\": \"Copyright Commonwealth of Australia 2017, Bureau of Meteorology. For more information see: http://www.bom.gov.au/other/copyright.shtml http://www.bom.gov.au/other/disclaimer.shtml\",\n" " \"copyright_url\": \"http://www.bom.gov.au/other/copyright.shtml\",\n" " \"disclaimer_url\": \"http://www.bom.gov.au/other/disclaimer.shtml\",\n" " \"feedback_url\": \"http://www.bom.gov.au/other/feedback\"\n" " }\n" " ],\n" " \"header\": [\n" " {\n" " \"refresh_message\": \"Issued at 12:11 pm EST Tuesday 11 July 2017\",\n" " \"ID\": \"IDN60901\",\n" " \"main_ID\": \"IDN60902\",\n" " \"name\": \"Canberra\",\n" " \"state_time_zone\": \"NSW\",\n" " \"time_zone\": \"EST\",\n" " \"product_name\": \"Capital City Observations\",\n" " \"state\": \"Aust Capital Territory\"\n" " }\n" " ],\n" " \"data\": [\n" " {\n" " \"sort_order\": 0,\n" " \"wmo\": 94926,\n" " \"name\": \"Canberra\",\n" " \"history_product\": \"IDN60903\",\n" " \"local_date_time\": \"11/12:00pm\",\n" " \"local_date_time_full\": \"20170711120000\",\n" " \"aifstime_utc\": \"20170711020000\",\n" " \"lat\": -35.3,\n" " \"lon\": 149.2,\n" " \"apparent_t\": 5.7,\n" " \"cloud\": \"Mostly clear\",\n" " \"cloud_base_m\": 1050,\n" " \"cloud_oktas\": 1,\n" " \"cloud_type_id\": 8,\n" " \"cloud_type\": \"Cumulus\",\n" " \"delta_t\": 3.6,\n" " \"gust_kmh\": 11,\n" " \"gust_kt\": 6,\n" " \"air_temp\": 9.0,\n" " \"dewpt\": 0.2,\n" " \"press\": 1032.7,\n" " \"press_qnh\": 1031.3,\n" " \"press_msl\": 1032.7,\n" " \"press_tend\": \"-\",\n" " \"rain_trace\": \"0.0\",\n" " \"rel_hum\": 54,\n" " \"sea_state\": \"-\",\n" " \"swell_dir_worded\": \"-\",\n" " \"swell_height\": null,\n" " \"swell_period\": null,\n" " \"vis_km\": \"10\",\n" " \"weather\": \"-\",\n" " \"wind_dir\": \"WNW\",\n" " \"wind_spd_kmh\": 7,\n" " \"wind_spd_kt\": 4\n" " },\n" " {\n" " \"sort_order\": 1,\n" " \"wmo\": 94926,\n" " \"name\": \"Canberra\",\n" " \"history_product\": \"IDN60903\",\n" " \"local_date_time\": \"11/11:30am\",\n" " \"local_date_time_full\": \"20170711113000\",\n" " \"aifstime_utc\": \"20170711013000\",\n" " \"lat\": -35.3,\n" " \"lon\": 149.2,\n" " \"apparent_t\": 4.6,\n" " \"cloud\": \"Mostly clear\",\n" " \"cloud_base_m\": 900,\n" " \"cloud_oktas\": 1,\n" " \"cloud_type_id\": 8,\n" " \"cloud_type\": \"Cumulus\",\n" " \"delta_t\": 2.9,\n" " \"gust_kmh\": 9,\n" " \"gust_kt\": 5,\n" " \"air_temp\": 7.3,\n" " \"dewpt\": 0.1,\n" " \"press\": 1033.1,\n" " \"press_qnh\": 1031.7,\n" " \"press_msl\": 1033.1,\n" " \"press_tend\": \"-\",\n" " \"rain_trace\": \"0.0\",\n" " \"rel_hum\": 60,\n" " \"sea_state\": \"-\",\n" " \"swell_dir_worded\": \"-\",\n" " \"swell_height\": null,\n" " \"swell_period\": null,\n" " \"vis_km\": \"10\",\n" " \"weather\": \"-\",\n" " \"wind_dir\": \"NW\",\n" " \"wind_spd_kmh\": 4,\n" " \"wind_spd_kt\": 2\n" " }\n" " ]\n" " }\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