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  • All Tokens
  • Common Tokens
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  • Anchors
  • Meta Sequences
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  • Character Classes
  • Flags/Modifiers
  • Substitution
  • 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"((?:\u23F1.\W|[\d]+)(\'|\s|’|‘)*(/|\||\[|-)+)|((/|\||\[)+(\s)*(?:\u23F1)*(\s)*[\d]{1,2}[^x](\s)*(min|mi|m)*)", flags=re.MULTILINE) test_str = ("((?:\\u23F1.\\W|[\\d]+)(\\'|\\s|’|‘)*(/|\\||\\[|-)+)|((/|\\||\\[)+(\\s)*(?:\\u23F1)*(\\s)*[\\d]{1,2}[^x](\\s)*(min|mi|m)*)\n\n" "2ºT | ⏱ 48 min: cruzamento de Raphael Veiga e Felipe Melo cabeceia para fora. \\n\\n#PALxCHA | 3x1\\n#AvantiPalestra \\n#JuntosNoBrasileirão\n" "2ºT | ⏱ 47 min: amarelo para Raphael Veiga. \\n\\n#PALxCHA | 3x1\\n#AvantiPalestra \n" "2ºT | ⏱ 45 min: mais 4 minutos de acréscimos. \\n\\n#PALxCHA | 3x1\\n#AvantiPalestra \n" "2ºT | ⏱ 42 min: cruzamento preciso de Luan do meio-campo e Rony cabeceia para fora. \\n\\n#PALxCHA | 3x1\\n#AvantiPalestra \\n#JuntosNoBrasileirão\n" "2ºT | ⏱ 28 min: substituições 🔄\\n\\n🔼 Entram: L. Esteves e F. Melo \\n🔽 Saem: Wesley e G. Scarpa \n" "2ºT | ⏱ 26 min: amarelo para Wesley. \\n\\n#PALxCHA | 3x1\\n#AvantiPalestra \\n#JuntosNoBrasileirão\n" "Com a saída de Luiz Adriano, Willian passa a ser o capitão do time em campo ©️\\n\\n#PALxCHA | 3x1\\n#AvantiPalestra \\n#JuntosNoBrasileirão https://t.co/PbpAHZH68u\n" "2ºT | ⏱ 25 min: substituição 🔄\\n\\n🔼 Entra: Willian \\n🔽 Sai: Luiz Adriano \\n\\n#PALxCHA | 3x1\\n#AvantiPalestra \\n#JuntosNoBrasileirão\n" "2ºT | ⏱ 21 min: após bate e rebate, Zé Rafael fica com a bola e manda por cima do gol. \\n\\n#PALxCHA | 3x1\\n#AvantiPalestra \\n#JuntosNoBrasileirão\n" "2ºT | ⏱ 9 min: Palmeiras 3x1 Chapecoense. \\n\\n#AvantiPalestra #PALxCHA\\n#JuntosNoBrasileirão\n" "2ºT | ⏱ 3 min: jogada ensaiada em cobrança de escanteio: Gustavo Scarpa cruza na entrada da área para 45' | 2T | +6. Jogo vai aos 51. \\n\\nABC Futebol Clube 3x0 Chapecoense\\n \\n#VamosChape \n" "43' | 2T | Entra Felipe Santana no lugar de Matheus Ribeiro. \\n\\nABC Futebol Clube 3x0 Chapecoense\\n \n" "45' | 2T | +4. Jogo vai aos 49. \\n\\nPalmeiras 3x1 Chapecoense\\n \\n#VamosChape #OrgulhoDeSerChape\n" "35' | 2T | Muda a Chape:\\n\\nEntram ➡️ Bruno Silva e Geuvânio\\nSaem ⬅️Fabinho e Anselmo Ramon \n" "32' | 2T | Adversário cobra falta, mas a bola desvia na barreira e sai em escanteio. \\n\\nPalmeiras 3x1\n" "24' | 2T | QUAAAAAAAASEEEEEEEEEE! \\n\\nRavanelli manda no segundo pau e Anselmo Ramon finaliza de \n" "13' | 2T | Ravanelli tocou para Matheus Ribeiro, que invadiu a área a finalizou na rede, mas pelo lado\n" "7' | 2T | Falta para a Chapecoense na meia-lua da grande área. \\n\\nPalmeiras 3x0 Chapecoense\\n \n" "7' | 1T | Gol do Palmeiras. \\n\\nPalmeiras 1x0 Chapecoense\\n \\n#VamosChape #OrgulhoDeSerChape\n" "2' | 1T | UHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!\\n\\nFabinho fica cara a cara com Jailson e finaliza, obrigando grande \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