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  • All Tokens
  • Common Tokens
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  • Meta Sequences
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  • Flags/Modifiers
  • 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"^.{0,1}(陪我一起)?听?你?(再|快|先)?能?(给我)?唱?(啊|一?个|吧|出来|一?首)?歌?(给我听|来听听)?(吧|啊|哇|呗|呀)?((好(么|嘛|吗))|好不好|小万|亲爱的|这么难)?.{0,1}$", flags=re.MULTILINE) test_str = ("你先唱给我听好吗\n" "快唱啊\n" "快唱啊你\n\n" "你唱吧\n" "你唱一个\n" "唱一首吧亲爱的\n" "再唱一首\n" "你快唱吧\n" "你能唱出来吗\n" "唱出来\n" "唱一个给我听呗好不好\n" "快唱\n" "唱\n" "唱吧\n" "你唱啊\n" "唱一个嘛\n" "唱一个啊\n" "来听你唱歌\n" "再给我唱一首呗\n" "唱歌小万\n" "你唱首歌给我听呗\n" "陪我一起唱歌好吗\n" "听你唱歌这么难\n" "唱首歌来听听\n\n\n" "你唱歌好好听啊再给我唱一首呗\n\n" "我现在就很不开心你唱首歌给我听呗\n\n" "会不会唱歌，唱首歌来听听") 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