import re
regex = re.compile(r"^\[?(\d[\d-]+).*?\[alarmno:(\w*)].*?\[logno:(\w*)].*?\[type:\w*:([^\]]*)]", flags=re.MULTILINE)
test_str = ("[2017-02-01 10:00:00 start running [error:yes] [doing:no] [finish:] [remind:] [alarmno:123456789] [logno:123456789] [ref:-1:2:-1:-1:-1] [type:2:big issues happen] [flag:0:],\n"
"2017-02-01 10:00:00 start running [error:yes] [doing:no] [finish:] [remind:] [alarmno:123456789] [logno:123456789] [ref:-1:2:-1:-1:-1] [type:2:big issues happen] [flag:0:]]\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