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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
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    \w
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    \W
  • Non-capturing group
    (?:...)
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  • 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
    ^
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    $
  • A word boundary
    \b
  • Non-word boundary
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import re regex = re.compile(r"^(?<Scheme>[file|ftp|https{0,1}|ldap|telnet]+:\/{2})?(?<Subdomain>[a-zA-Z0-9-]{0,4}\.)?(?<Domain>\w+\.\w+\.?\w+\/)(?<Subdirectory>@[\w.]+\/)?(?<Path>[\w_~.-]+\/?[\w_-]+\/{0,1}?[\w_~.-]+)(?<Query>[%?&;].[\w&_~.=-]+)?(?<Fragment>#?[\/\w_-~.,=&-]+)?$", flags=re.MULTILINE) test_str = ("https://medium.com/@s.vive00/7-changes-i-experienced-after-going-1-week-without-added-sugar-9bc48b667f87?source=email-8f87fbd013ca-1581664260785-digest.weekly------0-58------------------2882ae9f_a61e_4d5c_9f87_24f3e0d54cc9-1-----&sectionName=top\n\n" "https://medium.com/@DrAyala/exercise-is-the-answer-heres-why-it-s-a-weight-loss-underperformer-8b64103b8c8f?source=email-8f87fbd013ca-1581664260785-digest.weekly------1-59------------------2882ae9f_a61e_4d5c_9f87_24f3e0d54cc9-1-----&sectionName=top#Fragment-identifier\n\n" "https://www.medium.com/@DrAyala/exercise-is-the-answer-heres-why-it-s-a-weight-loss-underperformer-8b64103b8c8f?source=email-8f87fbd013ca-1581664260785-digest.weekly------1-59------------------2882ae9f_a61e_4d5c_9f87_24f3e0d54cc9-1-----&sectionName=top#Fragment-identifier\n\n\n" "http://www.yoursite.com/path/to/file.mp3\n\n" "http://example.com/data.csv#row=4\n\n" "http://example.com/bar.webm#t=40,80&xywh=160,120,320,240\n\n" "example.com/data.csv#row=4\n\n" "example.co.uk/data.csv#row=4") 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