# coding=utf8
# the above tag defines encoding for this document and is for Python 2.x compatibility
import re
regex = r"(\d+)\h+(\S+)\h+(\w+)\h+\w+\h+\d*\h+\#\h+\S+\h+\d+\h+\d+\b(?!\h+EMPTY)\s*(.*)"
test_str = ("CATALYST_TH 1\n"
"BACKPLANE A\n"
"#Slot Type Serial # Rev Num Date XptA XptB Name\n"
" 2 879-858-35 0x0109037 A 0 # 0131-0 23 24 PLFD CC\n"
" 6 879-857-01 0x0253bb0 A 0 # 9517-0 15 16 PMM CC-01\n"
" 7 000-000-00 0x0000000 P0 0 # 0000-0 13 14 EMPTY \n"
" 8 000-000-00 0x0000000 P0 0 # 0000-0 11 12 EMPTY \n"
" 9 000-000-00 0x0000000 P0 0 # 0000-0 9 10 EMPTY \n"
" 10 000-000-00 0x0000000 P0 0 # 0000-0 7 8 EMPTY \n"
" 20 000-000-00 0x0000000 P0 0 # 0000-0 37 38 EMPTY \n"
" 21 000-000-00 0x0000000 P0 0 # 0000-0 39 40 EMPTY \n"
" 22 000-000-00 0x0000000 P0 0 # 0000-0 41 42 EMPTY \n"
" 23 000-000-00 0x01a2446 P0 0 # 0000-0 43 44 EMPTY \n"
" 1 949-669-00 0x026a850 B 0 # 0809-0 3 0 HAS (Left HAS LA669-00)\n"
" 13 949-668-00 0x200762d A 0 # 9530-0 0 0 CATALYST HAC\n"
" 12 949-667-00 0x026a4ee D 0 # 0102-0 0 0 DIF\n"
" 24 949-669-01 0x2006037 B 0 # 9717-0 4 0 HAS (Right HAS LA669-01)\n"
"END")
matches = re.finditer(regex, test_str, re.MULTILINE)
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