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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"1-0:1.8.2\(([0-9]{1,96}).([0-9]{1,96}).*(kWh)", flags=re.MULTILINE) test_str = ("/KFM5KAIFA-METER\n\n" "1-3:0.2.8(42)\n" "0-0:1.0.0(230312193138W)\n" "0-0:96.1.1(4530303235313030303635313836373136)\n" "1-0:1.8.1(010971.897*kWh)\n" "1-0:1.8.2(016085.943*kWh)\n" "1-0:2.8.1(000000.000*kWh)\n" "1-0:2.8.2(000000.000*kWh)\n" "0-0:96.14.0(0001)\n" "1-0:1.7.0(00.404*kW)\n" "1-0:2.7.0(00.000*kW)\n" "0-0:96.7.21(00003)\n" "0-0:96.7.9(00004)\n" "1-0:99.97.0(5)(0-0:96.7.19)(221209092021W)(0000004031*s)(210314223749W)(0000000455*s)(210207175517W)(0000003289*s)(180331043234S)(0000000398*s)(000101000001W)(2147483647*s)\n" "1-0:32.32.0(00000)\n" "1-0:32.36.0(00000)\n" "0-0:96.13.1()\n" "0-0:96.13.0()\n" "1-0:31.7.0(002*A)\n" "1-0:21.7.0(00.390*kW)\n" "1-0:22.7.0(00.000*kW)\n" "!2284\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