import re
regex = re.compile(r"(?s)([A-Z\()\h-]+):(.+?)(?=\n[A-Z\()\h-]+:|$)")
test_str = ("AHK-VERSION:\n"
"AutoHotkey_L 1.1.04 or later. Tested on: Windows 7 64bit, AutoHotkey 32bit Unicode 1.1.05.01.\n\n"
"AUTHOR:\n"
"?A_Samurai?\n\n"
"DATE:\n"
"?2011?\n\n"
"DEPENDENCIES:\n"
"none\n\n"
"KEYWORDS:\n"
"gui, activeX, html\n\n"
"LICENSE:\n"
"Public Domain\n\n"
"LINK:\n"
"---\n\n"
"PARAMETER(S):\n"
"Text : the text strings to display in the edit box.\n"
"Title : the title for the GUI window.\n"
"Timeout : if specified, the edit box will disappear in the given seconds.\n"
"Permanent : if this is TRUE, closing the window does not destroy the window but hide it.\n"
"So it can be displayed again with the window handle.\n"
"GUIOptions : the options for the Edit box GUI window.\n"
"ControlOptions : the options for the Edit control.\n"
"Margin : the margin in pixels between the window borders and the control.\n\n"
"REMARK(S):\n"
"No global variables are used. However, it uses these label names: EditBoxClose, EditBoxEscape\n"
"EditBoxResize. So the script should avoid using the label names.\n\n"
"RETURN VALUE:\n"
"The window handle (hwnd) of the created GUI window\n\n"
"SYNTAX:\n"
"EditBox(Text, Title=\"\", Timeout=0, Permanent=False, GUIOptions=\"Resize MaximizeBox Minsize420x320\", ControlOptions=\"VScroll W400 H300\", Margin=10)\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