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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
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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
    ^
  • End of string
    $
  • A word boundary
    \b
  • Non-word boundary
    \B

Regular Expression

@
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xJm

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# coding=utf8 # the above tag defines encoding for this document and is for Python 2.x compatibility import re regex = r""" #OxJm) (?(DEFINE) # Tokens that act as one unit. (?<rem> /\* (?:[^*]++|\*(?!/))*+ \*/ # block comment | //[^\r\n]++(?:\r?+\n?+|$) # line comment ) (?<squote> '(?:[^'\\]++|\\.)*+') (?<dquote> "(?:[^"\\]++|\\.)*+") (?<rquote>R "(?<delim>[^(]*+)\((?:[^)]++|\)(?!\k{delim}"))*+\)\k{delim}") (?<string_literal> (?<string_literal_helper>(?&squote)|(?&dquote)|(?&rquote)) (?:\s*+(?&string_literal_helper))*+ ) (?<int_literal>[-+]?+\s*+ (?: 0[xX](?<hex>[a-fA-F\d]++ (?:'(?&hex))?+) | 0[bB](?<bin> [01]++ (?:'(?&bin))?+) | 0 (?<oct> [0-7]++ (?:'(?&oct))?+) | (?<dec> \d++ (?:'(?&dec))?+) ) (?:[uU](?:ll|LL|[lLzZ])?+)?+ ) (?<float_literal>[-+]?+\s*+ (?: 0[xX] (?&hex) (?: \.(?&hex) (?<matched>))?+ (?:[pP][-=]?+(?&hex) (?<matched>))?+ (?(matched)|(?!)) # at least one of the above must match | (?&dec) (?: \.(?&dec) (?<matched>))?+ (?:[eE][-=]?+(?&dec) (?<matched>))?+ (?(matched)|(?!)) # at least one of the above must match ) (?:f16|f32|f64|f128|bf16|F16|F32|F64|F128|BF16|[flFL])?+ ) (?<literal> (?&string_literal) | (?&float_literal) | (?&int_literal) ) (?<token>(?&literal) | (?&rem)) (?<params> \((?:(?&token)|[^()] | (?&params))*+\)) (?<tparams> <(?:(?&token)|[^<>()]|(?&tparams) |(?&params))*+> ) (?<brace_list> \{(?:(?&token)|[^{}()]|(?&brace_list)|(?&params))*+\}) (?<index> \[(?:(?&token)|[^[\]] |(?&index) )*+\]) (?<lambda_capture> (?&index)) # not the same but this will still match it correctly # a simple symbol (?<symbol>[a-zA-Z_][a-zA-Z\d_]*+) # symbols used for operator overloading (?<operator_symbol> operator\s*+ (?: &&|\|\||\[\]|\(\)|\+\+|--|""|<=>|->\*?+|,|(?:new|delete)(?:\s*+(?:\[\]))?+ | (?:<<|>>|[-+~!%^&*<=>])=?+ | (?&type) ) ) (?<scoped_type_symbol_name> (?:::\s*+)?+ (?<scoped_type_symbol_name_helper> (?:template(?<template_keyword_matched>)\s++)?+ (?&symbol)\s*+ # Check for template parameters (?(template_keyword_matched) # MANDITORY if template keyword is used. (?:(?&tparams)\s*+) | # OPTIONAL if template keyword is omitted. # TODO: Look into possible edge cases where this might # not work as expected. (?:(?&tparams)\s*+)?+ ) (?:\s*+::\s*+(?&scoped_type_symbol_name_helper))?+ ) ) (?<scoped_value_symbol_name> (?:::\s*+)?+ (?<scoped_value_symbol_name_helper> (?:template(?<template_keyword_matched>)\s++)?+ (?:(?&operator_symbol)(?<operator_symbol_matched>)|(?&symbol))\s*+ # Check for template parameters (?(template_keyword_matched) # MANDITORY if template keyword is used. (?:(?&tparams)\s*+) | # OPTIONAL if template keyword is omitted. # TODO: Look into possible edge cases where this might # not work as expected. (?:(?&tparams)\s*+)?+ ) (?(operator_symbol_matched) # Operator symbol is at deepest scope. | # If didn't match operator symbol, then see if there is a deeper scope (?:\s*+::\s*+(?&scoped_value_symbol_name_helper))?+ ) ) ) # types (?<cv> const \b(?:\s++volitile\b)?+ | volitile\b(?:\s++const \b)?+ ) (?<user_type> (?:typename\s*+)?+ (?&scoped_type_symbol_name) ) (?<type> # not going to do function pointers yet (?:(?&cv)\s++)?+ (?:auto\b # Yes, this will capture illegal types such as short char, but I'm ok with that. # This is to help document, not validate the code! | (?: (?:(?:un)?+signed) \b (?<matched>))?+ (?:\s*+ (?:short|long) \b (?<matched>))?+ (?:\s*+ (?:long) \b (?<matched>))?+ (?:\s*+ (?:int|char) \b (?<matched>))?+ (?(matched)|(?!)) # at least one of the items above must have matched | ((?:long\s++)?+double|float)\b | decltype\s*+(?&params) | (?&user_type) ) (?:\s*+(?&cv))?+ # pointers (?:\s*+\*\s*+(?&cv)?+)*+ # reference &?+ ) # expressions (?<fn_called_or_var> (?&scoped_value_symbol_name)\s*+ (?&params)?+ ) (?<lambda>(?&lambda_capture)\s*+(?&params)\s*+(?&brace_list)) (?<evaluable> (?:\*\s*+)*+ # dereference (?:(?&fn_called_or_var)|(?&lambda)\s*+(?&params)|(?&params)|(?&literal)) (?:\s*+(?&index))*+ ) (?<binary_op> &&|<=>|<<|>>|\|\||[-+*/%|&<=>]) (?<unary_prefix_op> --|\+\+|[-+!~]) (?<unary_suffix_op> --|\+\+) (?<expression> (?:(?&unary_prefix_op)++\s*+)?+(?&evaluable)(\s*+(?&unary_suffix_op)++)?+ (?:\s*+(?&binary_op)\s*+(?&expression))*+ ) ) (?<whitespace>^[ \t]*+) (?: # check for enum enum\s++(?<enum_name>(?&symbol)) | # check for template (?:template\s*+(?<template_parameters>(?&tparams)))?+\s*+ (?: # check for struct/class (?:struct|class)\s++(?<class_name>(?&symbol)) | # check for function or variable (?<extern>extern\s++)?+ (?<static>static\s++)?+ (?<constexpr>constexpr\s++)?+ (?<static>static\s++)?+ (?<return_type>auto(?<auto_return_type>)|(?&type))\s*+ (?<symbol_name>(?&scoped_value_symbol_name))\s*+ (?<function_parameters>(?&params) (?(auto_return_type) # optional trailing return type (?:\s*+->\s*+(?<return_type>(?&type)))?+ ) )?+ ) ) """ test_str = ("\n" " template <typename ElementGenerator, typename StoredType, typename...Rest>\n" " constexpr auto generate_tuple(\n" " ElementGenerator&& element_generator, DiagnosticReportCode code, bool database_query, StoredType\n" " , Rest&&...args\n" " ) {\n" " static_assert(!std::is_same<StoredType, DiagnosticReportCode>::value\n" " ") matches = re.search(regex, test_str, re.VERBOSE | re.MULTILINE) if matches: print ("Match was found at {start}-{end}: {match}".format(start = matches.start(), end = matches.end(), match = matches.group())) for groupNum in range(0, len(matches.groups())): groupNum = groupNum + 1 print ("Group {groupNum} found at {start}-{end}: {group}".format(groupNum = groupNum, start = matches.start(groupNum), end = matches.end(groupNum), group = matches.group(groupNum))) # Note: for Python 2.7 compatibility, use ur"" to prefix the regex and u"" to prefix the test string and substitution.

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