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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]
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    [a-zA-Z]
  • Character class intersection
    [\w&&[^\d]]
  • Any single character
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  • Alternate - match either a or b
    a|b
  • Any whitespace character
    \s
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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
    ^
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    $
  • A word boundary
    \b
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import re regex = re.compile(r"^(?:(?:https?|ftp):\/\/)(?:\S+(?::\S*)?@)?(?:(?!(?:10|127)(?:\.\d{1,3}){3})(?!(?:169\.254|192\.168)(?:\.\d{1,3}){2})(?!172\.(?:1[6-9]|2\d|3[0-1])(?:\.\d{1,3}){2})(?:[1-9]\d?|1\d\d|2[01]\d|22[0-3])(?:\.(?:1?\d{1,2}|2[0-4]\d|25[0-5])){2}(?:\.(?:[1-9]\d?|1\d\d|2[0-4]\d|25[0-4]))|(?:(?:[a-z\u00a1-\uffff0-9]-*)*[a-z\u00a1-\uffff0-9]+)(?:\.(?:[a-z\u00a1-\uffff0-9]-*)*[a-z\u00a1-\uffff0-9]+)*(?:\.(?:[a-z\u00a1-\uffff]{2,}))\.?)(?::\d{2,5})?(?:[/?#]\S*)?$", flags=re.IGNORECASE | re.MULTILINE) test_str = ("http://foo.com/blah_blah\n" "http://foo.com/blah_blah/\n" "http://foo.com/blah_blah_(wikipedia)\n" "http://foo.com/blah_blah_(wikipedia)_(again)\n" "http://www.example.com/wpstyle/?p=364\n" "https://www.example.com/foo/?bar=baz&inga=42&quux\n" "http://✪df.ws/123\n" "http://userid:password@example.com:8080\n" "http://userid:password@example.com:8080/\n" "http://userid@example.com\n" "http://userid@example.com/\n" "http://userid@example.com:8080\n" "http://userid@example.com:8080/\n" "http://userid:password@example.com\n" "http://userid:password@example.com/\n" "http://142.42.1.1/\n" "http://142.42.1.1:8080/\n" "http://➡.ws/䨹\n" "http://⌘.ws\n" "http://⌘.ws/\n" "http://foo.com/blah_(wikipedia)#cite-1\n" "http://foo.com/blah_(wikipedia)_blah#cite-1\n" "http://foo.com/unicode_(✪)_in_parens\n" "http://foo.com/(something)?after=parens\n" "http://☺.damowmow.com/\n" "http://code.google.com/events/#&product=browser\n" "http://j.mp\n" "ftp://foo.bar/baz\n" "http://foo.bar/?q=Test%20URL-encoded%20stuff\n" "http://مثال.إختبار\n" "http://例子.测试\n" "http://उदाहरण.परीक्षा\n" "http://-.~_!$&'()*+,;=:%40:80%2f::::::@example.com\n" "http://1337.net\n" "http://a.b-c.de\n" "http://223.255.255.254\n\n" "http://\n" "http://.\n" "http://..\n" "http://../\n" "http://?\n" "http://??\n" "http://??/\n" "http://#\n" "http://##\n" "http://##/\n" "http://foo.bar?q=Spaces should be encoded\n" "//\n" "//a\n" "///a\n" "///\n" "http:///a\n" "foo.com\n" "rdar://1234\n" "h://test\n" "http:// shouldfail.com\n" ":// should fail\n" "http://foo.bar/foo(bar)baz quux\n" "ftps://foo.bar/\n" "http://-error-.invalid/\n" "http://a.b--c.de/\n" "http://-a.b.co\n" "http://a.b-.co\n" "http://0.0.0.0\n" "http://10.1.1.0\n" "http://10.1.1.255\n" "http://224.1.1.1\n" "http://1.1.1.1.1\n" "http://123.123.123\n" "http://3628126748\n" "http://.www.foo.bar/\n" "http://www.foo.bar./\n" "http://.www.foo.bar./\n" "http://10.1.1.1\n" "http://10.1.1.254") 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