# coding=utf8
# the above tag defines encoding for this document and is for Python 2.x compatibility
import re
regex = r"\{(?:[^\{\}]|\{(?:[^\{\}]|\{(?:[^\{\}]|\{(?:[^\{\}]|\{(?:[^\{\}]|\{(?:[^\{\}]|\{(?:[^\{\}]|\{(?:[^\{\}]|\{(?:[^\{\}]|\{(?:[^\{\}]|w+)*\})*\})*\})*\})*\})*\})*\})*\})*\})*\}"
test_str = ("2016-03-21 21:36:20.878 INFO 17512 --- [main] This is going well.\n"
"ok: [goingwell] => {\n"
" \"localresult\": {\n"
" \"aa\":\"bb\",\n"
" \"aaa\":\"bbb\"\n"
" }\n"
"}\n"
"2016-03-21 21:36:31.172 INFO 17513 --- [main] Continue logging ...\n"
"2016-03-21 21:36:42.568 INFO 17514 --- [main] With more json strings...\n"
"ok: [xxa123] => {\n"
" \"axaxaxa\": {\n"
" \"aada\":\"bb\",\n"
" \"aaadfa\":\"bbb\"\n"
" }\n"
"}\n"
"2016-03-21 21:36:43.132 INFO 17515 --- [main] Continue logging ...\n"
"2016-03-21 21:36:45.428 INFO 17516 --- [main] With more json strings...\n"
"ok: [xxa123] => {\n"
" \"ccc\": {\n"
" \"ddd\": {\n"
" \"eee\": {\n"
" \"fff\": \"ggg\"\n"
" }\n"
" }\n"
" }\n"
"}")
matches = re.finditer(regex, test_str)
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