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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""" (?# This regex was created for the purposes of detecting potentially compromised credentials for the purposes of information security and not to be used for malicious purposes.) (?<!\d) (?# s - Short [less than 16 digits], m - Medium [16 digits], l - Long [more than 16 digits; not yet implemented]) (?# First four digits) (?: (?# Standard 16 digit numbers) (?<m> (?#MasterCard between 222100-272099) 222[1-9]|223\d|2[3-6]\d{2}|27[01]\d|2720| (?#JCB is between 3528-3589) 352[89]|35[3-8]\d| (?#Visa, MasterCard, Discover) [4-6]\d{3} )| (?#American Express 15 digits | Diners Club 14 digits) (?<s>(?<ax>3[47]\d{2})|(?<dc>30[0-5]\d|36\d{2})) ) (?# Rest of the card number) (?<del>\D+)?(?(<m>)\d{4}(?(<del>)\k{del})\d{4}(?(<del>)\k{del})\d{4}|(?:\d{6})(?(<del>)\k{del})(?(<ax>)\d{5}|\d{4})) (?#END) (?!\d) """, flags=re.MULTILINE | re.VERBOSE) test_str = ("# Based on data from https://www.freeformatter.com/credit-card-number-generator-validator.html\n\n" "# Currently only works for Visa, MasterCard, Discover, AmEx, JCB, Diners Club and only 16 digits (15 for AmEx, 14 for Diners Club Int'l)\n\n" "# VISA:\n" "4600259666104540\n" "4556-1328-5230-3974\n" "4485733989514555546\n" "# MasterCard:\n" "5288718104904007\n" "5183-2272-0427-5165\n" "2221001473307772\n" "# American Express (AMEX):\n" "379094106835131\n" "3767-607295-33484\n" "345614253532917\n" "# Discover:\n" "6011277600566135\n" "6011-7825-5703-7196\n" "6011621290066569622\n" "# JCB:\n" "3542928645179210\n" "3538837785961400\n" "3540948375054149466\n" "# Diners Club - North America:\n" "5440569380986811\n" "5500771351399605\n" "5555244536769443\n" "# Diners Club - Carte Blanche:\n" "30360146296936\n" "30381212693491\n" "30178078889506\n" "# Diners Club - International:\n" "36760821695498\n" "36861772048826\n" "36442207191455\n" "# Maestro:\n" "6759789245430267\n" "5893000324731008\n" "5038101669768864\n" "# Visa Electron:\n" "4026108950062250\n" "4913708902962931\n" "4844361267840716\n" "# InstaPayment:\n" "6370603085892230\n" "6390038329060763\n" "6395957073920994") 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