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  • All Tokens
  • Common Tokens
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  • 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]
  • 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"(?<=says\sto)[\s\S]*?(?=\(\d{4}-\d{2}-\d{2}\s(\d\d:){2}\d{2}\s\w{2}\s\w{3}\))", flags=re.MULTILINE) test_str = ("(2021-07-04 11:58:43 PM BST) \n" "--- \n" "len wee zim (Tradition (US) ) says to yohan sen \n" "[[:Conversations will be recorded and may be monitored by the participants and\n" "their employers:]] Hi yohan \n" " \n" " \n\n" "(2021-07-05 12:04:42 AM BST) \n" "--- \n" "len wee zim (Tradition (US) ) says to yohan sen \n" "okay -5 / 0 .\n\n\n\n" "(2021-07-04 11:47:14 PM BST) \n" "--- \n" "Ke Cho Ki says to\n" "Hano Cho \n" "hello \n" " \n\n" "(2021-07-05 12:09:41 AM BST) \n" "--- \n" "len wee zim (Tradition (Asia)) says \n" "to yohan sen \n" "yes -5 / 0 TN -- / +2.5 \n" " \n" " \n" "--- \n" " \n" "* * *\n\n" "Processed by wokl Archive for son malab | 2021-07-05 12:26:44 AM\n" "BST \n" "---") subst = "" result = regex.sub(subst, test_str) if result: print(result)

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