# coding=utf8
# the above tag defines encoding for this document and is for Python 2.x compatibility
import re
regex = r"([\d\(][\(\)\s\.\-\d]{4,}\d)"
test_str = ("whatever 0 (000) 000-0000 whatever whatever 0(000)000-0000 whatever\n"
"whatever (000) 000-0000 whatever whatever (000)000-0000 whatever\n"
"whatever 000 000-0000 whatever whatever 000.000.0000 whatever\n"
"whatever 000-42000-0000 whatever whatever 000-0000 whatever\n"
"whatever 000 - 0000 whatever whatever 000.0000 whatever\n"
"whatever 000 . 0000 whatever whatever 000 0000 whatever 1\n"
"whatever 00000000000 whatever\n"
"whatever 0000000000 whatever\n"
"whatever 000000000 whatever\n"
"whatever 00000000 whatever\n"
"whatever 0000000 whatever\n"
"whatever 000000 whatever\n"
"whatever 00 00 0000 0000 whatever 3\n"
"whatever 00 0000 000 000 whatever 3\n"
"whatever 000 0000 0000 whatever 2\n"
"whatever (000) 0000 0000 whatever\n"
"whatever 00000 000000 whatever 1\n"
"whatever 00 0000 0000 whatever 21135")
matches = re.finditer(regex, test_str)
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