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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"(\[|){\n(?<tab> )\"id\": \"[0-9]*\",\n\<tab>\"type\": [0-9],\n\<tab>\"content\": \"[^\"]*\",\n\<tab>\"channel_id\": \"[0-9]*\",\n\<tab>\"author\": {\n(?<dtab> )\"id\": \"[^\"]*\",\n\<dtab>\"username\": \"[^\"]*\",\n\<dtab>\"avatar\": \"[^\"]*\",\n\<dtab>\"discriminator\": \"([0-9]{4}|[0-9])\",\n\<dtab>\"public_flags\": [0-9]*,\n\<dtab>\"flags\": [0-9]*,\n\<dtab>\"banner\": (null|\"[0-9]*\"),\n\<dtab>\"accent_color\": (null|\"[^\"]*\"),\n\<dtab>\"global_name\": \"[^\"]*\",\n\<dtab>\"avatar_decoration_data\": (null|\"[^\"]*\"),\n\<dtab>\"banner_color\": (null|\"[^\"]*\")\n\<tab>},\n\<tab>\"attachments\": \[[^\]]*\],\n\<tab>\"embeds\": \[[^\]]*],\n\<tab>\"mentions\": \[[^\]]*],\n\<tab>\"mention_roles\": \[[^\]]*\],\n\<tab>\"pinned\": (true:|false),\n\<tab>\"mention_everyone\": (true|false),\n\<tab>\"tts\": (true:|false),\n\<tab>\"timestamp\": \"[0-9]{4}-[0-9]{2}-[0-9]{2}T[0-9]{2}:[0-9]{2}:[0-9]{2}.[0-9]{6}\+[0-9]{2}:[0-9]{2}\",\n\<tab>\"edited_timestamp\": (null|\"[0-9]{4}-[0-9]{2}-[0-9]{2}T[0-9]{2}:[0-9]{2}:[0-9]{2}.[0-9]{6}\+[0-9]{2}:[0-9]{2}\"),\n\<tab>\"flags\": [0-9]*,\n\<tab>\"components\": \[[^\]]*]\n}(\]|\,|)", flags=re.IGNORECASE | re.MULTILINE) test_str = ("{\n" " \"id\": \"1145344233713188874\",\n" " \"type\": 0,\n" " \"content\": \"913 - this icecream good\",\n" " \"channel_id\": \"1124414874454339715\",\n" " \"author\": {\n" " \"id\": \"746383273621717104\",\n" " \"username\": \"kalote.\",\n" " \"avatar\": \"95b9bdc7aa5784a2354e2ec5256ae736\",\n" " \"discriminator\": \"0\",\n" " \"public_flags\": 128,\n" " \"flags\": 128,\n" " \"banner\": null,\n" " \"accent_color\": null,\n" " \"global_name\": \"Carrot :3\",\n" " \"avatar_decoration_data\": null,\n" " \"banner_color\": null\n" " },\n" " \"attachments\": [],\n" " \"embeds\": [],\n" " \"mentions\": [],\n" " \"mention_roles\": [],\n" " \"pinned\": false,\n" " \"mention_everyone\": false,\n" " \"tts\": false,\n" " \"timestamp\": \"2023-08-27T13:09:04.784000+00:00\",\n" " \"edited_timestamp\": null,\n" " \"flags\": 0,\n" " \"components\": []\n" "},") 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