# coding=utf8
# the above tag defines encoding for this document and is for Python 2.x compatibility
import re
regex = r"^.*?City:\s*(.*?)(?=\s*(?:Name:|Address:|City:|$))"
test_str = ("Name: John Doe Address: Street 123 ABC \n"
"Name: John Doe Address: Street 123 ABC City: MyCity\n"
"Name: John Doe City: MyCity Address: Street 123 ABC \n"
"Some other textName: John Doe Address: Street 123 ABC City: MyCity\n"
"Name: John Doe Address: Street 123 ABC City: MyCity Address: Second address\n"
"Name: John DoeAddress: Street 123 ABC")
matches = re.finditer(regex, test_str, re.MULTILINE)
for matchNum, match in enumerate(matches, start=1):
print ("Match {matchNum} was found at {start}-{end}: {match}".format(matchNum = matchNum, start = match.start(), end = match.end(), match = match.group()))
for groupNum in range(0, len(match.groups())):
groupNum = groupNum + 1
print ("Group {groupNum} found at {start}-{end}: {group}".format(groupNum = groupNum, start = match.start(groupNum), end = match.end(groupNum), group = match.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