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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]
  • Character class intersection
    [\w&&[^\d]]
  • 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"[:,\s]\s*url\s*\(\s*(?:'(\S*?)'|\"(\S*?)\"|((?:\\\s|\\\)|\\\"|\\\'|\S)*?))\s*\)", flags=re.IGNORECASE) test_str = (".ac-gn-link-apple{background-repeat:no-repeat;background-size:20px 44px;background-image:url(\"../images/ac-globalnav/globalnav/apple/image_large.svg\");background-position:center center;width:20px}#ac-globalnav.no-svg .ac-gn-link-apple{background-image:url(\"http://images.apple.com/ac/globalnav/2.0/en_US/images/ac-globalnav/globalnav/apple/image_large.png\")}@media only screen and (max-width: 767px){#ac-globalnav .ac-gn-link-apple{background-size:21px 48px;background-image:url(\"../images/ac-globalnav/globalnav/apple/image_small.svg\")}#ac-globalnav.no-svg .ac-gn-link-apple{background-image:url(\"http://images.apple.com/ac/globalnav/2.0/en_US/images/ac-globalnav/globalnav/apple/image_small.png\")}}.ac-gn-current-apple #ac-globalnav .ac-gn-link-apple{opacity:0.65;-ms-filter:'progid:DXImageTransform.Microsoft.Alpha(Opacity=$ieopacity)';filter:alpha(opacity=65)}#ac-globalnav .ac-gn-link-mac{background-repeat:no-repeat;background-size:31px 44px;background-image:url(\"../images/ac-globalnav/globalnav/links/mac/image_large.svg\");background-position:center center;background-origin:content-box;background-size:cover;width:1.72222em;max-width:52.7px}#ac-globalnav.no-svg .ac-gn-link-mac{background-image:url(\"http://images.apple.com/ac/globalnav/2.0/en_US/images/ac-globalnav/globalnav/links/mac/image_large.png\")}@media only screen and (max-width: 767px){#ac-globalnav .ac-gn-link-mac{background-size:37px 48px;background-image:url(\"../images/ac-globalnav/globalnav/links/mac/image_small.svg\")}#ac-globalnav.no-svg .ac-gn-link-mac{background-image:url(\"http://images.apple.com/ac/globalnav/2.0/en_US/images/ac-globalnav/globalnav/links/mac/image_small.png\")}}.ac-gn-current-mac #ac-globalnav .ac-gn-link-mac{opacity:0.65;-ms-filter:'progid:DXImageTransform.Microsoft.Alpha(Opacity=$ieopacity)';filter:alpha(opacity=65)}#ac-globalnav .ac-gn-link-ipad{background-repeat:no-repeat;background-size:30px 44px;background-image:url(\"../images/ac-globalnav/globalnav/links/ipad/image_large.svg\");background-position:center center;background-origin:content-box;background-size:cover;width:1.66667em;max-width:51px}#ac-globalnav.no-svg .ac-gn-link-ipad{background-image:url(\"http://images.apple.com/ac/globalnav/2.0/en_US/images/ac-globalnav/globalnav/links/ipad/image_large.png\")}@media only screen and (max-width: 767px){#ac-globalnav .ac-gn-link-ipad{background-size:35px 48px;background-image:url(\"../images/ac-globalnav/globalnav/links/ipad/image_small.svg\")}#ac-globalnav.no-svg .ac-gn-link-ipad{background-image:url(\"http://images.apple.com/ac/globalnav/2.0/en_US/images/ac-globalnav/globalnav/links/ipad/image_small.png\")}}.ac-gn-current-ipad #ac-globalnav .ac-gn-link-ipad{opacity:0.65;-ms-filter:'progid:DXImageTransform.Microsoft.Alpha(Opacity=$ieopacity)';filter:alpha(opacit...\n\n\n" ":url(asdawdw)\n" ": url(asdawdw)\n" ": url (asdawdw)\n" ": url ( asdawdw)\n" ": url ( asdawdw )\n" ": url ( asdawdw )\n\n" ":url('asdawdw')\n" ": url('asdawdw')\n" ": url ('asdawdw')\n" ": url ( 'asdawdw')\n" ": url ( 'asdawdw' )\n" ": url ( 'asdawdw' )\n\n" ":url(\"asdawdw\")\n" ": url(\"asdawdw\")\n" ": url (\"asdawdw\")\n" ": url ( \"asdawdw\")\n" ": url ( \"asdawdw\" )\n" ": url ( \"asdawdw\" )\n\n" ":url(asda\\)wdw)\n" ":url(asda\\))wdw) <- should terminate early, due to unescape paren\n" ":url(asda\\ wdw)\n" ":url(asda\\ wdw) <- unescape space, invalid\n" ":url(asda\\\"wdw)\n" ":url(asda\\\" wdw) <- unescape space, invalid\n" ":url(asda\\'wdw)\n" ":url(asda\\')wdw) <- should terminate early, due to unescape paren\n\n" ": url ( \"asda\\\"wdw\")\n" ": url ( 'asda\\\"wdw')\n" ": url ( 'asda\\)))wdw')\n" ": url ( 'asda\\\"))wdw')\n" ": url ( asda\\\"))wdw)") 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