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  • All Tokens
  • Common Tokens
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  • Anchors
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  • Character Classes
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  • Substitution
  • 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"(/?ark:/? ?)([-a-zA-Z0-9@:%_\+.~#?&//=]*)", flags=re.MULTILINE) test_str = ("https://www.example.com\n" "http://www.example.com\n" "www.example.com\n" "example.com\n" "http://blog.example.com\n" "http://www.example.com/product\n" "http://www.example.com/products?id=1&page=2\n" "http://www.example.com#up\n" "http://255.255.255.255\n" "255.255.255.255\n" "255.255.255.255/test\n" "http://invalid.com/perl.cgi?key= | http://web-site.com/cgi-bin/perl.cgi?key1=value1&key2\n" "http://www.site.com:8008\n" "http://www.site.com:8008 10.1016.12.31/naTUrE.S0735-1097(98)2000/12/31/34:7-7 http://myrepo.example.org/ark:/12345/bcd987\n" "http://n2t.net/ark:/12345/bcd987\n" "http://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth346793\n" "http://example.org/ark:/12025/654xz321/s3/f8.05v.tiff\n" "https://doi.org/10.3886/ICPSR06849 10.3886/ICPSR06849 https://www.icpsr.umich.edu/icpsrweb/NACJD/studies/6849/version/1\n" "doi.org/10.1175/1520-0485(2002)032<0870:CT>2.0.CO;2\n" "ark: 12025/654xz321/s3/f8.05v.tiff\n" " self.crossref_dois = (\n" " '10.2310/JIM.0b013e31820bab4c',\n" " '10.1007/978-3-642-28108-2_19',\n" " '10.1016/S0735-1097(98)00347-7',\n" " )\n\n" " self.hard_dois = (\n" " '10.1175/1520-0485(2002)032<0870:CT>2.0.CO;2',\n" " '10.1002/(SICI)1522-2594(199911)42:5<952::AID-MRM16>3.0.CO;2-S',\n" " '10.1579/0044-7447(2006)35\\[89:RDUICP\\]2.0.CO;2',\n" " )\n\n" " self.currently_not_supported = (\n" " '10.1007.10/978-3-642-28108-2_19',\n" " '10.1000.10/123456',\n" " '10.1016.12.31/nature.S0735-1097(98)2000/12/31/34:7-7',\n" " )\n\n" " self.crossref_dois = (\n" " 'doi.org/10.2310/JIM.0b013e31820bab4c',\n" " 'doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-28108-2_19',\n" " 'doi.org/10.1016/S0735-1097(98)00347-7',\n" " )\n\n" " self.hard_dois = (\n" " 'doi.org/10.1175/1520-0485(2002)032<0870:CT>2.0.CO;2',\n" " 'doi.org/10.1002/(SICI)1522-2594(199911)42:5<952::AID-MRM16>3.0.CO;2-S',\n" " 'doi.org/10.1579/0044-7447(2006)35\\[89:RDUICP\\]2.0.CO;2',\n" " )\n\n" " self.currently_not_supported = (\n" " 'doi.org/10.1007.10/978-3-642-28108-2_19',\n" " 'doi.org/10.1000.10/123456',\n" " 'doi.org/10.1016.12.31/nature.S0735-1097(98)2000/12/31/34:7-7',") 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