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  • All Tokens
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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"(?:CRITERION SUMMARY.*?\n)(.*?)(?:\n{2}|\.PLOT PAGE)", flags=re.IGNORECASE | re.MULTILINE | re.DOTALL) test_str = (" Fr. 180 135.000f -1,320.8 45 -2,911.4 8,472.3 27 31,259.0\n" " Fr. 184 138.000f -1,032.5 44 -2,367.4 4,966.8 20 25,416.1\n" " Fr. 189 141.750f -689.6 41 -1,687.4 1,530.8 8 18,112.6\n" " FPP 143.250f -421.6 30 -1,415.4 697.3 5 15,191.2\n" " ------------------------------------------------------------------------------\n" " LONG. STRENGTH - PORT CONDITION CRITERION SUMMARY\n" " Largest Shear/limit: 47.3% at 140.000f\n" " Largest Bending Moment/limit: 32.4% at 130.572f (Hogging)\n" " Largest Shear: 2,094.1 MT at 120.000f\n" " Largest Bending Moment: -42,063 MT-m. at 76.500f (Sagging)\n" ".PLOT PAGE\n" "D&T=19-11-15 11:25:20 \n" "PAG= 398 \n" "P&V=GHS 14.62B \n" "TIT=Vuyk Engineering Rotterdam B.V. \n" "TIT=MV FJELL - IMO 8766296 \n" "HDG=6.09 - BALLASTING - STEP 9\\ \n" "HDG=DAMAGE CONDITION\\ \n" "CAT= \n" "DAM= with FLOODING \n" "UNT=M. MT CU.M. \n" "ORV=Base plane \n" "SPG= 1.025 STD \n" "WAV= 0 \n" "LIM=LONG. STRENGTH - PORT CONDITION \n" "HEL= 4.848391 \n" "LST= 375 \n" "LOC SHR SLN SLP MOM MLN MLP \n" "-148 0 -554 378 0 5940 -3994 \n" "-148 0 -554 378 0 5940 -3994 \n" "-147.07 -1.110508 -722.6383 556.4048 1.96067 7751.208 -5850.188 \n" "-147.07 -1.110508 -722.6484 556.4155 1.96067 7751.316 -5850.3 \n" "-146.9999 -6.46569 -735.3599 569.8632 2.33537 7887.84 -5990.214 \n" "-146.9999 -6.46569 -735.37 569.8739 2.33537 7887.949 -5990.325 \n" "-146.9968 -6.697881 -735.9165 570.452 2.360113 7893.819 -5996.341 \n" "-146.4246 -53.68822 -839.6799 680.2248 20.21089 9008.258 -7138.457 \n" "-146.4246 -53.68822 -839.69 680.2355 20.21089 9008.366 -7138.568 \n" "-146.25 -69.215 -871.3339 713.712 31.2016 9348.228 -7486.869 ") 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