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  • A single character of: a, b or c
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  • A character except: a, b or c
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  • A character in the range: a-z
    [a-z]
  • A character not in the range: a-z
    [^a-z]
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    [a-zA-Z]
  • Any single character
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    a|b
  • Any whitespace character
    \s
  • Any non-whitespace character
    \S
  • Any digit
    \d
  • Any non-digit
    \D
  • Any word character
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  • Non-capturing group
    (?:...)
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  • 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
    ^
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    $
  • A word boundary
    \b
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import re regex = re.compile(r"((?<=[ )()']where)|(?<=[ )()']and)|(?<=[ )()']o[rn])|(?<=[ )()']if)|(?<=[ )()']when)|(?<=having))+(\s|\()+[)(,'+_¥£$#\@\w\[\]\.\s]+like\s*\(?\s*(('((\w|%|'{2})*)')\s*\+)*\s*@p\d+\s*(\+('%'))*\)", flags=re.IGNORECASE) test_str = ("select * from a where #myTable$@_¥£.$@_¥£#columnName like ('%'+@p2+'%')\n" "select * from a where #myTable$_¥£.$_¥£#columnName like ('%'+@p2+'%')\n\n" "(\\w|\\[|\\]|\\.|\\s|'|\\+|\\(|\\)|\\,)\n\n" "select a from b where h like ('%'+@p2+'%')\n" "having b.d like ('%'+@p2)\n" ")join c on a.b like (@p2+'%')\n" " and a.b like (@p2)\n" " if a like ('%abc24''as'+@p2+'%')\n" " case when a like ('%'+@p2+'%') \n" " \n" " where (((a like ('%'+ @p2+'%'))))\n" " where a + 'b' like ('%'+@p2+'%')\n" " where concat(a,b) like ('%'+@p2+'%') or ltrim(a) like ('%'+@p2+'%')\n" "select * from a where concat(a,b) like 'a' and c like d or ltrim(a) like ('%'+@p2+'%')\n" " where isnull(ltrim(a), '0') like ('%'+@p2+'%')\n" " where a + 'b' LIKe ('%'+@p2+'%')\n\n\n" "vICM_EVENTlike roadshowev0like_ where upper(roadshowev0like_.EVENT_NAME) like ('%'+@p1+'%') or upper(roadshowev0like_.EVENT_SYMBOLlike) like ('%'+@p2+'%') and e_.EVENT_SYMBOLike like('%'+@p2+'%')\n\n" "from vICM_INVESTOR investor0_ where (upper(investor0_.OrgId) like ('%'+@p1+'%') or upper(investor0_.Name) like ('%'+@p2+'%')) and investor0_.IsDeactivated=@p3 order by investor0_.Name asc\n\n" " where ((h.g) + upper(concat(investor0_.OrgId, 'd') + (a.d)) like ('%'+@p1+'%') \n\n" " or upper(investor0_.Name) like ('%'+@p2+'%')) and investor0_.IsDeactivated=@p3 order by investor0_.Name asc\n\n" " where (a.b like ('%'+@p2+'%')) and d.g like ('%'+@p2+'%')\n\n\n" "(where a.b like ('%'+@p2)\n\n" " if a like ('%'+@p2)\n" "join a on b.d like ('%'+@p2)\n\n" " // not supported\n" " where a like 'b' and c like ('%'+@p2+'%')\n" " where a like (' '+@p1+'%') \n" "// supported\n" " where a like ('%'+@p1+'%') and c like ('%'+@p2+'%')\n" " \n\n\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