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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"^chr(1?[0-9]|2[0-2]|X|Y)", flags=re.MULTILINE) test_str = ("chr1 3009844 3009908 DXX 42 -\n" "chr2 3000386 3000450 DXX 15 -\n" "chr3 3000386 3000450 DXX 15 -\n" "chr4 3000386 3000450 DXX 15 -\n" "chr5 3000386 3000450 DXX 15 -\n" "chr6 3000386 3000450 DXX 15 -\n" "chr7 3000386 3000450 DXX 15 -\n" "chr8 3000386 3000450 DXX 15 -\n" "chr9 3000386 3000450 DXX 15 -\n" "chr10 3000386 3000450 DXX 15 -\n" "chr11 3000386 3000450 DXX 15 -\n" "chr12 3000386 3000450 DXX 15 -\n" "chr13 3000386 3000450 DXX 15 -\n" "chr14 3000386 3000450 DXX 15 -\n" "chr15 3000386 3000450 DXX 15 -\n" "chr16 3000386 3000450 DXX 15 -\n" "chr17 3000386 3000450 DXX 15 -\n" "chr18 3000386 3000450 DXX 15 -\n" "chr19 3000386 3000450 DXX 15 -\n" "chrX 3000386 3000450 DXX 15 -\n" "chrY 3000386 3000450 DXX 15 -\n" "chr1_GL456210_random 3000386 3000450 DXX 15 -\n" "chr1_GL456211_random 3000386 3000450 DXX 15 -\n" "chr1_GL456212_random 3000386 3000450 DXX 15 -\n" "chr1_GL456221_random 3000386 3000450 DXX 15 -\n" "chr4_GL456216_random 3000386 3000450 DXX 15 -\n" "chr4_JH584292_random 3000386 3000450 DXX 15 -\n" "chr4_JH584295_random 3000386 3000450 DXX 15 -\n" "chr5_GL456354_random 3000386 3000450 DXX 15 -\n" "chr5_JH584296_random 3000386 3000450 DXX 15 -\n" "chr5_JH584297_random 3000386 3000450 DXX 15 -\n" "chr5_JH584299_random 3000386 3000450 DXX 15 -\n" "chrX_GL456233_random 3000386 3000450 DXX 15 -") 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