^ asserts position at start of a line
Student
matches the characters Student \ matches the character 3210 (2016 or 408 ) literally (case sensitive)
number,
matches the characters number, \ matches the character 3210 (2016 or 408 ) literally (case sensitive)
Name
matches the characters Name
Match a single character present in the list below [ \n\r ]
\n matches a line-feed (newline) character (ASCII 10)
\r matches a carriage return (ASCII 13)
Named Capture Group student_names (?P<student_names> (?: ^\d + . + [ \n\r ] )+ )
Non-capturing group (?: ^\d + . + [ \n\r ] )+
+ matches the previous token between one and unlimited times, as many times as possible, giving back as needed (greedy)
^ asserts position at start of a line
\d
matches a digit (equivalent to [0-9] + matches the previous token between one and unlimited times, as many times as possible, giving back as needed (greedy)
.
matches any character (except for line terminators) + matches the previous token between one and unlimited times, as many times as possible, giving back as needed (greedy)
Match a single character present in the list below [ \n\r ]
\n matches a line-feed (newline) character (ASCII 10)
\r matches a carriage return (ASCII 13)
\s
matches any whitespace character (equivalent to [\r\n\t\f\v ] ) * matches the previous token between zero and unlimited times, as many times as possible, giving back as needed (greedy)
^ asserts position at start of a line
Student
matches the characters Student \ matches the character 3210 (2016 or 408 ) literally (case sensitive)
number,
matches the characters number, \ matches the character 3210 (2016 or 408 ) literally (case sensitive)
Score
matches the characters Score
Match a single character present in the list below [ \n\r ]
\n matches a line-feed (newline) character (ASCII 10)
\r matches a carriage return (ASCII 13)
Named Capture Group student_scores (?P<student_scores> (?: ^\d + . + [ \n\r ] )+ )
Non-capturing group (?: ^\d + . + [ \n\r ] )+
+ matches the previous token between one and unlimited times, as many times as possible, giving back as needed (greedy)
^ asserts position at start of a line
\d
matches a digit (equivalent to [0-9] + matches the previous token between one and unlimited times, as many times as possible, giving back as needed (greedy)
.
matches any character (except for line terminators)
Match a single character present in the list below [ \n\r ]
g modifier: g lobal. All matches (don't return after first match)
m modifier: m ulti line. Causes ^ $
x modifier: ex tended. Spaces and text after a # in the pattern are ignored