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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"TST(?'TQTId'\d{5})|[ \d]{2}\d\.FV.*(?'IssuingAirline'\w\w)|FARE (?'FarePricingIndicator'.) (?'FareCurrency'...)(?'Fare'.{11})|GRAND TOTAL (?'GTCurrency'...)(?'GrandTotal'.{11})|(?'Seg'[ \d]\d . (?'Origin'\w\w\w) (?'Carrier'..) (?'FlightNo'....) (?'Class'.).(?'DepDate'\d\d\w\w\w).(?'DepTime'\d\d\d\d) (?'Status'...) (?'FareBasis'.{8}) (.{18})(?'BgAllowance'...))|^ (?'Destination'\w\w\w).*$|^.*$", flags=re.MULTILINE) test_str = ("TST00002 ATHG42100 CN/02MAY I 0 LD 24SEP23 2359 OD MNLBRE \n" "T- \n" "FXP \n" " 1.ABAYARE/ROMEO DACER MR(ID7833) \n" " 2.SEBASTIAN/JAY AR SIMON MR(ID47129) \n" " 1 MNL TK 085 Y 24SEP 2125 OK YFOW 30K \n" " 2 X IST TK 1331 Y 25SEP 0720 OK YFOW 30K \n" " BRE \n" "FARE F USD 2000.00 \n" "EQUIV EUR 1810.00 \n" "TX001 X EUR 193.60-YRVA TX002 X EUR 8.95-LIDC TX003 X EUR 1.50-M6SE \n" "TX004 X EUR 5.00-TRAE TX005 X EUR 0.85-RAAD \n" "TOTAL EUR 2019.90 BSR 0.90463353 \n" "GRAND TOTAL EUR 2019.90 \n" "MNL TK X/IST TK BRE2000.00NUC2000.00END ROE1.000000 \n" " \n" " 18.FE NONEND/TK ONLY \n" " 19.FM *F*0.00 \n" " 20.FP INV \n" " 21.FV TK") 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