import re
regex = re.compile(r"\[(.*?)\] \[(.*?)\] \[(.*?)\] (.*)", flags=re.MULTILINE)
test_str = ("[Max] [2017-12-12 15:59 (UTC +02:00)] [Technical issues] Lorem Ipsum is simply dummy text of the printing and typesetting industry. \n"
"Lorem Ipsum has been the industry's standard dummy text ever since the 1500s, when an unknown printer took a galley of type and scrambled it to make a type specimen book. \n"
"[Corben Dallas] [2017-12-20 12:48 (UTC +02:00)] [Technical issues] Lorem Ipsum is simply dummy text of the printing and typesetting industry. Lorem Ipsum has been the industry's standard dummy text ever since the 1500s, when an unknown printer took a galley of type and scrambled it to make a type specimen book. \n"
"[Max] [2017-12-12 15:59 (UTC +02:00)] [Technical issues] Lorem Ipsum is simply dummy text of the printing and typesetting industry. \n"
"Lorem Ipsum has been the industry's standard dummy text ever since the 1500s, when an unknown printer took a galley of type and scrambled it to make a type specimen book. ")
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