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  • All Tokens
  • Common Tokens
  • General Tokens
  • Anchors
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  • Character Classes
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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]
  • 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">(\d{4}\.\d{1,2}\.\d{1,2})<|>(\d+)<") test_str = ("<table class=\"m_4348561758375603924m_886074067026015045MsoNormalTable\" border=\"0\" cellspacing=\"0\" cellpadding=\"0\" width=\"408\" style=\"width:306.0pt;border-collapse:collapse\">\n" "<tbody>\n" " <tr style=\"height:31.5pt\">\n" " <td width=\"196\" nowrap style=\"width:147.0pt;border:solid windowtext 1.0pt;background:yellow;padding:0cm 5.4pt 0cm 5.4pt;height:31.5pt\">\n" " <p class=\"MsoNormal\" align=\"left\" style=\"text-align:left\"><b><span lang=\"EN-US\" style=\"font-size:24.0pt;font-family:宋体;color:black\">Date<u></u><u></u></span></b></p>\n" " </td>\n" " <td width=\"212\" nowrap style=\"width:159.0pt;border:solid windowtext 1.0pt;border-left:none;background:yellow;padding:0cm 5.4pt 0cm 5.4pt;height:31.5pt\">\n" " <p class=\"MsoNormal\" align=\"left\" style=\"text-align:left\"><b><span lang=\"EN-US\" style=\"font-size:24.0pt;font-family:宋体;color:black\">Reset Code<u></u><u></u></span></b></p>\n" " </td>\n" " </tr>\n" " <tr style=\"height:31.5pt\">\n" " <td width=\"196\" nowrap style=\"width:147.0pt;border:solid windowtext 1.0pt;border-top:none;padding:0cm 5.4pt 0cm 5.4pt;height:31.5pt\">\n" " <p class=\"MsoNormal\" align=\"left\" style=\"text-align:left\"><strong><span lang=\"EN-US\" style=\"font-size:24.0pt;font-family:宋体;color:black\">2017.8.10<u></u><u></u></span></strong></p>\n" " </td>\n" " <td width=\"212\" nowrap style=\"width:159.0pt;border-top:none;border-left:none;border-bottom:solid windowtext 1.0pt;border-right:solid windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0cm 5.4pt 0cm 5.4pt;height:31.5pt\">\n" " <p class=\"MsoNormal\" align=\"left\" style=\"text-align:left\"><strong><span lang=\"EN-US\" style=\"font-size:24.0pt;font-family:宋体;color:black\">123456<u></u><u></u></span></strong></p>\n" " </td>\n" " </tr>\n" " <tr style=\"height:31.5pt\">\n" " <td width=\"196\" nowrap style=\"width:147.0pt;border:solid windowtext 1.0pt;border-top:none;padding:0cm 5.4pt 0cm 5.4pt;height:31.5pt\">\n" " <p class=\"MsoNormal\" align=\"left\" style=\"text-align:left\"><b><span lang=\"EN-US\" style=\"font-size:24.0pt;font-family:宋体;color:black\">2017.8.11<u></u><u></u></span></b></p>\n" " </td>\n" " <td width=\"212\" nowrap style=\"width:159.0pt;border-top:none;border-left:none;border-bottom:solid windowtext 1.0pt;border-right:solid windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0cm 5.4pt 0cm 5.4pt;height:31.5pt\">\n" " <p class=\"MsoNormal\" align=\"left\" style=\"text-align:left\"><strong><span lang=\"EN-US\" style=\"font-size:24.0pt;font-family:宋体;color:black\">123456<u></u><u></u></span></strong></p>\n" " </td>\n" " </tr>\n" "</tbody>\n" "</table>") 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