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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"(?s)<table.*?<\/table>", flags=re.MULTILINE) test_str = ("<table style=\"width: 900px; height: 156px;\">\n" "<tbody>\n" "<tr>\n" "<td><span style=\"color: #37454d;\"><strong>Resort Name:</strong></span></td>\n" "<td style=\"text-align: left;\"><span style=\"color: #37454d;\">explora Valle \n" "Sagrado, Peru</span></td>\n" "</tr>\n" "<tr>\n" "<td><span style=\"color: #37454d;\"><strong>Country Name:</strong></span></td>\n" "<td><span style=\"color: #37454d; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; \n" "font-size: 13px; font-style: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font- \n" "variant-caps: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; text- \n" "align: left; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; \n" "word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background-color: \n" "#ffffff; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-color: initial; \n" "float: none; display: inline !important;\">Peru</span></td>\n" "</tr>\n" "<tr>\n" "<td><span style=\"color: #37454d;\"><strong>Resort Address:</strong></span> \n" "</td>\n" "<td>\n" "<div class=\"is-hidden-mobile blEntry address ui_link \" data-popover=\"small\" \n" "data-position=\"below\" data-element=\".content\" data- \n" "options=\"closeOnMouseAway\" data-maxwidth=\"300\" data-mapfilters=\"\"> \n" "<span>Unnamed Rd Urquillos, Peru</span></div>\n" "</td>\n" "</tr>\n" "<tr>\n" "<td><span style=\"color: #37454d;\"><strong>Website:</strong></span></td>\n" "<td>\n" "<p><span style=\"color: #37454d;\">https://www.explora.com/hotels-and- \n" "travesias/sacred-valley-peru/</span></p>\n" "</td>\n" "</tr>\n" "<tr>\n" "<td><span style=\"color: #37454d;\"><strong>Phone:</strong></span></td>\n" "<td><span style=\"color: #37454d;\">+56 2 2395 2580</span></td>\n" "</tr>\n" "</tbody>\n" "</table>\n" "<p><iframe style=\"border:0\" src=\"https://www.google.com/maps/embed? \n" "pb=!1m14!1m8!1m3!1d15528.573314149919!2d-72.0483157!3d- \n" "13.341359!3m2!1i1024!2i768!4f13.1!3m3!1m2!1s0x0%3A0x1a052e519e34e771!\n" "2sExplora+Valle+Sagrado!5e0!3m2!1sen!2sjp!4v1531275200849\" height=\"450\" \n" "width=\"600\"></iframe></p>") 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