# coding=utf8
# the above tag defines encoding for this document and is for Python 2.x compatibility
import re
regex = r"""
(?: # non-capturing group
\#summertime\b # match #summertime
| # or
\G(?<!^), # a comma not at the beginning of string and match it only if it's after the last match
) # closing the non-capturing group
\s* # some optional whitespaces
\K # forget what we matched so far
[^\s,]+ # match anything that's not a whitespace nor a comma one or more times
"""
test_str = "#summertime swimming, running, tanning"
matches = re.finditer(regex, test_str, re.VERBOSE)
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