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  • All Tokens
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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]
  • 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".*?UserID=\"(?<UserID>.*?)\".*?UserName=\"(?<UserName>.*?)\".*?NetworkAccessPointID=\"(?<IPAddress>.*?)\".*?EventDateTime=\"(?<DateTime>.*?)\".*?EventOutcomeIndicator=\"(?<OutcomeIndicator>.*?)\".*?csd-code=\"(?<csd_code>.*?)\".*?AuditEnterpriseSiteID=\"(?<Site>.*?)\".*?ParticipantObjectID=\"(?<PatientID>.*?)\".*?ParticipantObjectTypeCode=\"(?<ObjectTypeCode>.*?)\".*?") test_str = ("<AuditMessage xmlns:xsi=\"http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance\" xmlns:xsd=\"http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema\">\n" " <ActiveParticipant UserID=\"10361\" UserIsRequestor=\"true\" UserName=\"Alexander Hardin\" NetworkAccessPointID=\"184.190.165.174\" NetworkAccessPointTypeCode=\"2\" />\n" " <EventIdentification EventDateTime=\"2022-08-15T04:26:37+0000\" EventOutcomeIndicator=\"0\" EventActionCode=\"R\">\n" " <EventID codeSystemName=\"DCM\" csd-code=\"110110\" originalText=\"Patient Record\" />\n" " </EventIdentification>\n" " <AuditSourceIdentification AuditSourceID=\"Carepointe\" AuditEnterpriseSiteID=\"AZ\" />\n" " <ParticipantObjectIdentification ParticipantObjectID=\"\" ParticipantObjectTypeCodeRole=\"1\" ParticipantObjectTypeCode=\"1\" ParticipantObjectDataLifeCycle=\"6\">\n" " <ParticipantObjectIDTypeCode>2</ParticipantObjectIDTypeCode>\n" " <ParticipantObjectQuery>U0VMRUNUIFVzZXJfSUQsIEZpcnN0TmFtZSwgTGFzdE5hbWUsIENvbXBhbnksIFJvbGVfSUQgRlJPTSB0YmxfdXNlcnMgV0hFUkUgVXNlcl9JRCA9IDp1aWQ=</ParticipantObjectQuery>\n" " <ParticipantObjectDetail type=\"User_ID\" value=\"MTAzNjE=\" />\n" " </ParticipantObjectIdentification>\n" " <DICOMObjectDescriptionContents>\n" " <Anonymized>0</Anonymized>\n" " <Encrypted>0</Encrypted>\n" " </DICOMObjectDescriptionContents>\n" "</AuditMessage>") match = regex.search(test_str) if match: print(f"Match 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