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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"(?<=statement: )([ _\-|0-9,:;\.=A-Za-z\(\)\"\n\t'].+?)(?=\d{4}-\d{2}-\d{2}|$)", flags=re.DOTALL) test_str = ("2015-05-20 02:27:41 GMT 555bbcfd.3685 cmsmgt001 LOG: statement: COMMIT\n" "2015-05-20 02:27:41 GMT 555bcdb3.3908 cmsmgt001 LOG: statement: BEGIN\n" "2015-05-20 02:27:41 GMT 555bcdb3.3908 cmsmgt001 LOG: statement: SET search_path TO pC35126D4,public;\n" "2015-05-20 02:27:41 GMT 555bcdb3.3908 cmsmgt001 LOG: statement: SELECT cms_images.id, cms_images.url, cms_images.uploaded_filename, cms_images.size, cms_images.width, cms_images.height, cms_images.ext, cms_images.data, cms_images.hash_sha1, cms_images._created, cms_images._modified, cms_images._hash \n" "FROM cms_images \n" "WHERE cms_images.id = 912148443466212857204723 \n" "LIMIT 1\n" "2015-05-20 02:27:41 GMT 555bcdb3.3908 cmsmgt001 LOG: statement: ROLLBACK\n" "2015-05-20 02:27:41 GMT 555bbb9f.364b cmsmgt001 LOG: statement: BEGIN\n" "2015-05-20 02:27:41 GMT 555bbb9f.364b cmsmgt001 LOG: statement: SET search_path TO pC35126D4,public;\n" "2015-05-20 02:27:41 GMT 555bbb9f.364b cmsmgt001 LOG: statement: SELECT cms_images.id, cms_images.url, cms_images.uploaded_filename, cms_images.size, cms_images.width, cms_images.height, cms_images.ext, cms_images.data, cms_images.hash_sha1, cms_images._created, cms_images._modified, cms_images._hash \n" "FROM cms_images \n" "WHERE cms_images.hash_sha1 = '035f3fac7dd057bac10f2203ecb8ea6a97d2116c' \n" "LIMIT 1\n" "2015-05-20 02:27:41 GMT 555bbb9f.364b cmsmgt001 LOG: statement: ROLLBACK\n" "2015-05-20 02:27:41 GMT 555bc0dd.372c cmsmgt001 LOG: statement: BEGIN\n" "2015-05-20 02:27:41 GMT 555bc0dd.372c cmsmgt001 LOG: statement: SET search_path TO pC35126D4,public;\n" "2015-05-20 02:27:41 GMT 555bc0dd.372c cmsmgt001 LOG: statement: SELECT cms_images.id, cms_images.url, cms_images.uploaded_filename, cms_images.size, cms_images.width, cms_images.height, cms_images.ext, cms_images.data, cms_images.hash_sha1, cms_images._created, cms_images._modified, cms_images._hash \n" "FROM cms_images \n" "WHERE cms_images.hash_sha1 = '035f3fac7dd057bac10f2203ecb8ea6a97d2116c' \n" "LIMIT 1\n" "2015-05-20 02:27:41 GMT 555bc0dd.372c cmsmgt001 LOG: statement: ROLLBACK\n" "2015-05-20 02:27:41 GMT 555bbc90.3665 cmsmgt001 LOG: statement: BEGIN\n" "2015-05-20 02:27:41 GMT 555bbc90.3665 cmsmgt001 LOG: statement: SET search_path TO pC35126D4,public;\n" "2015-05-20 02:27:41 GMT 555bbc90.3665 cmsmgt001 LOG: statement: SELECT cms_celebrities.id, cms_celebrities.vendor, cms_celebrities.tms_person_id, cms_celebrities.birth_year, cms_celebrities.first_name, cms_celebrities.last_name, cms_celebrities.display_name, cms_celebrities.image_id, cms_celebrities._created, cms_celebrities._modified, cms_celebrities._hash \n" "FROM cms_celebrities \n" "WHERE cms_celebrities.tms_person_id = '47088' \n" "LIMIT 1\n" "2015-05-20 02:27:41 GMT 555bbc90.3665 cmsmgt001 LOG: statement: ROLLBACK\n" "2015-05-20 02:27:41 GMT 555bbcc8.3670 cmsmgt001 LOG: statement: BEGIN\n" "2015-05-20 02:27:41 GMT 555bbcc8.3670 cmsmgt001 LOG: statement: SET search_path TO pC35126D4,public;\n" "2015-05-20 02:27:41 GMT 555bbcc8.3670 cmsmgt001 LOG: statement: select nextval('\"cms_celebrities_id_seq\"')\n" "2015-05-20 02:27:41 GMT 555bbcc8.3670 cmsmgt001 LOG: statement: INSERT INTO cms_celebrities (id, vendor, tms_person_id, birth_year, first_name, last_name, display_name, image_id, _created, _modified, _hash) VALUES (1571, 'gracenote', '47088', 1925, 'Monique', 'Van Vooren', 'Monique Van Vooren', 1701, '2015-05-20T02:27:41.768803'::timestamp, '2015-05-20T02:27:41.768803'::timestamp, '2015-05-20 02:27:41.768803|7111|0.7293680991519143')\n" "2015-05-20 02:27:41 GMT 555bbcc8.3670 cmsmgt001 LOG: statement: COMMIT\n" "2015-05-20 02:27:41 GMT 555bbd8b.3698 cmsmgt001 LOG: statement: BEGIN\n" "2015-05-20 02:27:41 GMT 555bbd8b.3698 cmsmgt001 LOG: statement: SET search_path TO pC35126D4,public;\n" "2015-05-20 02:27:41 GMT 555bbd8b.3698 cmsmgt001 LOG: statement: SELECT cms_asset_celebrities.id, cms_asset_celebrities.asset_id, cms_asset_celebrities.celebrity_id, cms_asset_celebrities.role, cms_asset_celebrities.order_pos, cms_asset_celebrities._created, cms_asset_celebrities._modified, cms_asset_celebrities._hash \n" "FROM cms_asset_celebrities \n" "WHERE celebrity_id=1571 \n" "LIMIT 1") 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