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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
  • 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"\"error_description\"\:\"(?P<error_description>.\w+\s+\w+)") test_str = ("\"error\":\"invalid_grant\",\"error_description\":\"authentication failure\"}\"\n" "[WARN ] 2016-06-15 17:55:03,835 ajp-bio-8009-exec-147: failed to unmarshall the body of the response:\n" "{\"error\":\"invalid_grant\",\"error_description\":\"authentication failure\"}\n" "javax.xml.bind.UnmarshalException\n" " - with linked exception:\n" "[org.xml.sax.SAXParseException; lineNumber: 1; columnNumber: 1; Content is not allowed in prolog.]\n" " at javax.xml.bind.helpers.AbstractUnmarshallerImpl.createUnmarshalException(AbstractUnmarshallerImpl.java:335)\n" " at com.sun.xml.bind.v2.runtime.unmarshaller.UnmarshallerImpl.createUnmarshalException(UnmarshallerImpl.java:514)\n" " at com.sun.xml.bind.v2.runtime.unmarshaller.UnmarshallerImpl.unmarshal0(UnmarshallerImpl.java:215)\n" " at com.sun.xml.bind.v2.runtime.unmarshaller.UnmarshallerImpl.unmarshal(UnmarshallerImpl.java:184)\n" " at javax.xml.bind.helpers.AbstractUnmarshallerImpl.unmarshal(AbstractUnmarshallerImpl.java:157)\n" " at javax.xml.bind.helpers.AbstractUnmarshallerImpl.unmarshal(AbstractUnmarshallerImpl.java:214)\n" " at com.cisco.hn.cs.common.http.client.RestClientErrorHandler.handleError(RestClientErrorHandler.java:41)\n" " at org.springframework.web.client.RestTemplate.handleResponseError(RestTemplate.java:486)\n" " at org.springframework.web.client.RestTemplate.doExecute(RestTemplate.java:443)\n" " at org.springframework.web.client.RestTemplate.execute(RestTemplate.java:401)\n" " at org.springframework.web.client.Res[WARN ] 2016-06-15 17:55:03,835 ajp-bio-8009-exec-147: failed to unmarshall the body of the response:\n" "{\"error\":\"invalid_grant\",\"error_description\":\"authentication failure\"}\n" "javax.xml.bind.UnmarshalException\n" " - with linked exception:\n" "[org.xml.sax.SAXParseException; lineNumber: 1; columnNumber: 1; Content is not allowed in prolog.]\n" " at javax.xml.bind.helpers.AbstractUnmarshallerImpl.createUnmarshalException(AbstractUnmarshallerImpl.java:335)\n" " at com.sun.xml.bind.v2.runtime.unmarshaller.UnmarshallerImpl.createUnmarshalException(UnmarshallerImpl.java:514)\n" " at com.sun.xml.bind.v2.runtime.unmarshaller.UnmarshallerImpl.unmarshal0(UnmarshallerImpl.java:215)\n" " at com.sun.xml.bind.v2.runtime.unmarshaller.UnmarshallerImpl.unmarshal(UnmarshallerImpl.java:184)\n" " at javax.xml.bind.helpers.AbstractUnmarshallerImpl.unmarshal(AbstractUnmarshallerImpl.java:157)\n" " at javax.xml.bind.helpers.AbstractUnmarshallerImpl.unmarshal(AbstractUnmarshallerImpl.java:214)\n" " at com.cisco.hn.cs.common.http.client.RestClientErrorHandler.handleError(RestClientErrorHandler.java:41)\n" " at org.springframework.web.client.RestTemplate.handleResponseError(RestTemplate.java:486)\n" " at org.springframework.web.client.RestTemplate.doExecute(RestTemplate.java:443)\n" " at org.springframework.web.client.RestTemplate.execute(RestTemplate.java:401)\n" " at org.springframework.web.client.Res") 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