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  • All Tokens
  • Common Tokens
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  • Flags/Modifiers
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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]
  • Character class intersection
    [\w&&[^\d]]
  • 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".*\n.*\n.*\": \"(.*)\"\n.*", flags=re.MULTILINE) test_str = (" {\n" " \"timestamp\": [3344, 3345.04],\n" " \"text\": \" אבל הוא גם יעלה.\"\n" " },\n" " {\n" " \"timestamp\": [3347.04, 3349.74],\n" " \"text\": \" בזה, בא מיד ביטחון התשובה,\"\n" " },\n" " {\n" " \"timestamp\": [3349.74, 3351.74],\n" " \"text\": \" להתעלות האדם גם אחרי הירידות כולן,\"\n" " },\n" " {\n" " \"timestamp\": [3351.74, 3353.24],\n" " \"text\": \" שאפשר להן להמצא בחיים,\"\n" " },\n" " {\n" " \"timestamp\": [3353.24, 3355.04],\n" " \"text\": \" תשב אנוש עד דכא\"\n" " },\n" " {\n" " \"timestamp\": [3355.04, 3356.4],\n" " \"text\": \" ותאמר שובו בני אדם.\"\n" " },\n" " {\n" " \"timestamp\": [3356.4, 3362.04],\n" " \"text\": \" ברור, אמרת ואפשרת וברור שבסוף כל האדם וכל המציאות תשוב למקורה.\"\n" " },\n" " {\n" " \"timestamp\": [3362.04, 3363.04],\n" " \"text\": \" בסדר?\"\n" " },\n" " {\n" " \"timestamp\": [3363.04, 3364.57],\n" " \"text\": \" טוב.\"\n" " }") subst = "$1" result = regex.sub(subst, test_str) if result: print(result)

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