import re
regex = re.compile(r"EDT\s\d*\s(?<USERNAME>[^\s]+)\s*(?<STATUS>\w+( & \w+)?)\s*(?<EXPIRY>\d+-[A-Z]+-\d+)?\s*(?<ROLE>[A-Za-z0-9_-]+)", flags=re.MULTILINE)
test_str = ("Thu Sep 5 10:00:02 EDT 2019 XDB EXPIRED & LOCKED 28-SEP-11 CTXAPP\n"
"Thu Sep 5 10:00:02 EDT 2019 VWEinsnte3345 LOCKED GPW_READ")
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