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  • All Tokens
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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"^(?<time>\d{4}-\d{2}-\d{2} \d{2}:\d{2}:\d{2}\.\d+) \[(?<loglevel>\w)\] (?<message>.*)", flags=re.MULTILINE) test_str = ("2020-04-30 08:26:09.379 [I] DOPiX de.icongmbh.dope.gui.web.DopeWebGui 32.2.4 (22323279) debug J00000000003-aa67ca3ef26946349158ec2da0216758 (\"\"): (:) \n" " ### GUI J00000000002-7a8d7048a4f94b78a8a5c24341d763df setStatus mit Status: (I:kernel#0) \n\n" "2020-04-30 08:26:09.381 [I] DOPiX de.icongmbh.dope.gui.web.DopeWebGui 32.2.4 (22323279) debug J00000000003-aa67ca3ef26946349158ec2da0216758 (\"\"): (:) \n" " ### GUI J00000000002-7a8d7048a4f94b78a8a5c24341d763df creating status gui object for stepper\n\n" "2020-04-30 08:26:09.381 [I] DOPiX de.icongmbh.dope.gui.web.DopeWebGui 32.2.4 (22323279) debug J00000000003-aa67ca3ef26946349158ec2da0216758 (\"\"): (:) \n" " ### GUI J00000000002-7a8d7048a4f94b78a8a5c24341d763df transfer object for status set created!\n\n" "2020-04-30 08:26:09.381 [I] DOPiX de.icongmbh.dope.gui.web.queue.OutputQueue 32.2.4 (22323279) debug J00000000003-aa67ca3ef26946349158ec2da0216758 (\"\"): (:) \n" " ### GUI J00000000002-7a8d7048a4f94b78a8a5c24341d763df +++++ adding request to queue:\n" "##### Transfer Object Output\n" "StatusID: 0(OK)\n" "SourceID: 3(GUI/Poll result)\n" "FunctionID/SubFunctionID: 10/-1\n" "(SetStatus)\n" "RequestAgainHint false\n" "SessionID null\n" "TypTransferObject class de.icongmbh.dope.gui.web.DOPEGuiStatus\n" "ArrayTransferObjects null\n" "##### Transfer Object Output Ends\n\n" "2020-04-30 08:26:09.381 [I] DOPiX de.icongmbh.dope.gui.web.queue.OutputQueue 32.2.4 (22323279) debug J00000000003-aa67ca3ef26946349158ec2da0216758 (\"\"): (:) \n" " ### GUI J00000000002-7a8d7048a4f94b78a8a5c24341d763df Added request to queue, request list size: 7 (0|3|201|-1 / 0|3|19|-1 / 0|3|7|0 / 0|3|5000|-1 / 0|3|19|-1 / 0|3|20|1 / 0|3|10|-1 / )\n") 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