# coding=utf8
# the above tag defines encoding for this document and is for Python 2.x compatibility
import re
regex = r"^[a-z A-Z]+\d{0,5} ?[a-zA-Z]?"
test_str = ("Oslo gate 20\n"
"Oslo gate 39a\n"
"Oslo gate 39 a\n"
"Oslo Gate\n"
"Oslo\n"
"30\n"
"Oslo gate49a\n"
" Oslo gate 39a\n"
"Oslo gate 34a, leil. H0205\n"
"leil. H0205, Oslo gate 34a")
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