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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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# coding=utf8 # the above tag defines encoding for this document and is for Python 2.x compatibility import re regex = r"(?<=m)(2|3)" test_str = ("superscript\n" "(?<=m)(2|3)\n" "®|™\n" "(?<=\\d)(de|ème)\n" "REF\n" "\\d{6}/(D|T|X)\n" "REF2\n" "\\d{3}/(D|T|X)\n" "REF3\n" "\\d{6}(?-)\n" "VET\n" "garantie[^\\r\\n]+jaar\n" "Fraction\n" "\\b1/2\\b\n\n" "PARQUET STRATIFIE ‘MEGALOFT’\n" "Différents motifs \n" "Longueur 1286mm x largeur \n" "194mm \n" "10000kcal/u\n" "25mm2\n" "10dm3 10dm3/u\n" "1000m3/u\n" "850l/u\n" "1000m3/h\n" "850l/h\n" "1,99m2/pak\n" "1,33m3\n" "1,25m2\n" "25kg \n" "700559/D\n" "1,59m3/pak\n" "1,996m2/paquet\n" "700496-123566-123/D\n" "1,996m2/paquet\n" "123566-123/D\n" "1,99m2 en 199m3/h\n" "135234-123/D\n\n\n" "Gerst 004729/D\n" "Schors 058157/D\n" "Ø 30/60 x H230cm\n" "Polyester doek 280gr/m2\n" "Crossover®-ontstekingssysteem\n" "™ Toelatingsnr: 3001B\n" "32/38mm slang\n" "ZANDFILTERKIT 10m3/u\n" "Debiet 1,2m2/u\n" "Zinklaag: 180-250gr/m2\n" "2de handgreep\n" "2ème poignon\n" "Garantie 25 jaar\n" "10 jaar waarborg\n" "Maaihoogteregeling 20-75mm\n\n\n" "Gerst 004729/D\n" "Schors 058157/D\n" "Ø 30/60 x H230cm\n" "Polyester doek 280gr/m2\n" "Crossover®-ontstekingssysteem\n" "™ Toelatingsnr: 3001B\n" "32/38mm slang\n" "ZANDFILTERKIT 10m3/u\n" "Debiet 1,2m2/u\n" "Zinklaag: 180-250gr/m2\n" "2de handgreep\n" "2ème poignon\n" "garantie 25 jaar\n" "garantie 25 jaar\n" "Garantie 25 ans jar\n" "Jaar Garantie 25 \n" "25 jaar garantie\n" "10 jaar waarborg\n" "Maaihoogteregeling 20-75mm\n" "1/2\n" "®\n" "541358/9/60\n" "541358-12-12/D\n" "541358-123-123/D\n" "541358-1234-1234/D\n" "541358-12345-12345/D\n" "541358-123456-123456/D") matches = re.finditer(regex, test_str) for matchNum, match in enumerate(matches, start=1): print ("Match {matchNum} was found at {start}-{end}: {match}".format(matchNum = matchNum, start = match.start(), end = match.end(), match = match.group())) for groupNum in range(0, len(match.groups())): groupNum = groupNum + 1 print ("Group {groupNum} found at {start}-{end}: {group}".format(groupNum = groupNum, start = match.start(groupNum), end = match.end(groupNum), group = match.group(groupNum))) # Note: for Python 2.7 compatibility, use ur"" to prefix the regex and u"" to prefix the test string and substitution.

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