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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"(?<=\ id\ \|.)(([a-zA-Z0-9_]{8})-([a-zA-Z0-9_]{4})-([a-zA-Z0-9_]{4})-([a-zA-Z0-9_]{4})-([a-zA-Z0-9_]{12}))") test_str = ("Created a new subnet: \n" "+-------------------+------------------------------------------------+ \n" "| Field | Value | \n" "+-------------------+------------------------------------------------+ \n" "| allocation_pools | {\"start\": \"10.42.42.2\", \"end\": \"10.42.42.254\"} | \n" "| cidr | 10.42.42.0/24 | | dns_nameservers | | | enable_dhcp | True | \n" "| gateway_ip | 10.42.42.1 | \n" "| host_routes | | \n" "| id | 3eded702-2909-4515-bf74-7c7c2c7c96e3 | \n" "| ip_version | 4 | \n" "| ipv6_address_mode | | \n" "| ipv6_ra_mode | | \n" "| name | Atelier | \n" "| network_id | 5d15b14c-1d39-48d5-8f48-0dfd68c98d47 | \n" "| tenant_id | d3c17d0e8bd742ed939794a98991886f \n" "| +-------------------+------------------------------------------------+\n") match = regex.search(test_str) if match: print(f"Match 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