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  • All Tokens
  • Common Tokens
  • General Tokens
  • Anchors
  • Meta Sequences
  • Quantifiers
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  • Character Classes
  • 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"<center>(.|\n)*?<\/center>") test_str = ("</head>\n\n" "<body style=\"background-color:#9b9b9b;\">\n" "**<center>\n" "<table width=\"580\" border=\"0\" cellspacing=\"0\" cellpadding=\"0\" align=\"center\" class =\"responsive-table\" style=\"background-color:#3e5b3e;border:solid thin #3e5b3e;\" >\n" " <tbody>\n" " <tr>\n" " <td background=\"http://app.randomsite.com/js/ckfinder/userfiles//images/banner.jpg\" style=\"padding-top:20px;padding-right:20px;padding-left:20px;\" class=\"hideForMobile\"><h1 style=\"font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:20px;font-weight:bold;text-align:right;color:#eee;vertical-align:bottom;text-decoration:none;margin-top:0;margin-bottom:0;margin-right:0;margin-left:0;\" >some message</h1></td>\n" " </tr>\n" " <tr>\n" "</center>**\n" " <!---Start of Banner Image--->\n" " <td><a href=\"{{Custom1}}\" style=\"color:inherit;text-decoration:none;\" ><img src=\"http://app.clientcommand.com/js/ckfinder/userfiles//images/top-dollar-ford-banner.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"table.responsiveImage\" style=\"display:block;width:100%;border-style:none;\" /></a></td>\n" " <!---End of Banner Image--->\n" " </tr>\n" " <tr>\n\n" "**<center>\n" "<table width=\"580\" border=\"0\" cellspacing=\"0\" cellpadding=\"0\" align=\"center\" class =\"responsive-table\" style=\"background-color:#3e5b3e;border:solid thin #3e5b3e;\" >\n" " <tbody>\n" " <tr>\n" " <td background=\"http://app.randomsite.com/js/ckfinder/userfiles//images/banner.jpg\" style=\"padding-top:20px;padding-right:20px;padding-left:20px;\" class=\"hideForMobile\"><h1 style=\"font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:20px;font-weight:bold;text-align:right;color:#eee;vertical-align:bottom;text-decoration:none;margin-top:0;margin-bottom:0;margin-right:0;margin-left:0;\" >some message</h1></td>\n" " </tr>\n" " <tr>\n" "</center>**") 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