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  • All Tokens
  • Common Tokens
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  • Character Classes
  • Flags/Modifiers
  • 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"bureaux? (à l'[eé]tage|[ée]quip[ée]s?|cloisonn[ée]s)", flags=re.MULTILINE) test_str = ("REGEX_1 =(avec|(partie|à usage|compos[ée]) de|(possibilit[eé]|zone|espace)(\\sde)?) bureaux?\n\n" "REGEX_2 =\\d*((\\s)?[m²|m|M]) de bureaux?|bureaux? d'une surface de (\\d*)((\\s)?[m²|m|M])|bureaux? de (\\d*)((\\s)?[m²|m|M])\n\n" "REGEX_3 =bureaux? (à l'[eé]tage|[ée]quip[ée]s?|cloisonn[ée]s)\n\n" "REGEX_2NOT = \n" "(proche de bureaux?| \n" "bureaux? proche|\n" "bureaux? [àa] proximit[eé]| \n" "[àa] proximit[eé] de bureaux?)\n\n" "[EXEMPLE]\n" "avec bureau\n" "à usage de bureaux\n" "composé de bureau\n" "d'activites & bureaux\n" "activités/bureaux \n" "une partie de bureau\n" "et bureau\n" "et de bureau \n" "12m² de bureaux\n" "de bureaux de 12m²\n" "bureaux d'une surface de 12m²\n" "bureaux à l'étage\n" "bureaux équipés\n" "zone bureau\n" "bureaux cloisonnés\n" "possibilité de bureau\n" "espace bureau\n\n\n\n" "[NE PAS TENIR COMPTE]\n" "bureaux proche\n" "bureaux à proximité \n" "à proximité de bureau") 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