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  • All Tokens
  • Common Tokens
  • General Tokens
  • Anchors
  • Meta Sequences
  • Quantifiers
  • Group Constructs
  • Character Classes
  • Flags/Modifiers
  • Substitution
  • 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]
  • Character class intersection
    [\w&&[^\d]]
  • 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"# Time:\s(?<timestamp>.*)\n#.*Id:\s(?<id>.*)\n#\sQuery_time:\s(?<duration>[\d.]*)\s.*time:\s(?<lock_time>[\d.]*)\s.*_sent:\s(?<returned>\d*)\s.*_examined:\s(?<searched>\d*)\n(?<sql>[\s\S]*)", flags=re.MULTILINE) test_str = (" \n" "# Time: 210607 16:27:16\n" "# User@Host: doctime_db_usr[doctime_db_usr] @ [10.2.0.79] Id: 13021\n" "# Query_time: 20.504504 Lock_time: 0.000233 Rows_sent: 52 Rows_examined: 13827347\n" "SET timestamp=1623083236;\n" "SELECT\n" "substring( substring_index( uri, '/', -1 ) , 1, LENGTH(substring_index( uri, '/', -1 )) - 38 ) AS uri,\n" "namespace,\n" "method,\n" "count(*) AS hits\n" "FROM\n" "user_hits\n" "WHERE\n" "namespace = 'hospitals' AND\n" "controller = 'queue' AND\n" "method = 'file'\n" "GROUP BY\n" "substring( substring_index( uri, '/', -1 ) , 1, LENGTH(substring_index( uri, '/', -1 )) - 38 )\n" "UNION\n" "SELECT\n" "uri,\n" "namespace,\n" "method,\n" "count(*) AS hits\n" "FROM\n" "user_hits\n" "WHERE\n" "uri LIKE '%export%'\n" "GROUP BY\n" "method\n" "ORDER BY hits DESC;\n") 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