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  • A single character of: a, b or c
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    [^a-z]
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    [a-zA-Z]
  • Any single character
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  • Alternate - match either a or b
    a|b
  • Any whitespace character
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  • Exactly 3 of a
    a{3}
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    a{3,}
  • Between 3 and 6 of a
    a{3,6}
  • Start of string
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  • A word boundary
    \b
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import re regex = re.compile(r"(\{(?:.|\n)*\})") test_str = ("// API callback\n" "google.search.Search.apiary2387({\n" " \"cursor\": {\n" " \"currentPageIndex\": 0,\n" " \"estimatedResultCount\": \"4490\",\n" " \"moreResultsUrl\": \"http://www.google.com/cse?oe=utf8&ie=utf8&source=uds&q=ssh&start=0&sort=&cx=013305635491195529773:0ufpuq-fpt0\",\n" " \"resultCount\": \"4,490\",\n" " \"searchResultTime\": \"0.22\",\n" " \"pages\": [\n" " {\n" " \"label\": 1,\n" " \"start\": \"0\"\n" " },\n" " {\n" " \"label\": 2,\n" " \"start\": \"1\"\n" " },\n" " {\n" " \"label\": 3,\n" " \"start\": \"2\"\n" " },\n" " {\n" " \"label\": 4,\n" " \"start\": \"3\"\n" " },\n" " {\n" " \"label\": 5,\n" " \"start\": \"4\"\n" " },\n" " {\n" " \"label\": 6,\n" " \"start\": \"5\"\n" " },\n" " {\n" " \"label\": 7,\n" " \"start\": \"6\"\n" " },\n" " {\n" " \"label\": 8,\n" " \"start\": \"7\"\n" " },\n" " {\n" " \"label\": 9,\n" " \"start\": \"8\"\n" " },\n" " {\n" " \"label\": 10,\n" " \"start\": \"9\"\n" " }\n" " ]\n" " },\n" " \"context\": {\n" " \"title\": \"Pastebin Active\",\n" " \"total_results\": \"0\",\n" " \"facets\": []\n" " },\n" " \"results\": [\n" " {\n" " \"GsearchResultClass\": \"GwebSearch\",\n" " \"cacheUrl\": \"http://www.google.com/search?q=cache:PBL2A25kpZoJ:pastebin.com\",\n" " \"clicktrackUrl\": \"https://www.google.com/url?q=http://pastebin.com/u/ssh&sa=U&ved=0ahUKEwiO4fjNpovMAhWBPxoKHYJXAS4QFggEMAA&client=internal-uds-cse&usg=AFQjCNHczEhDXdcUnRZhpArEeSiHfjwMJA\",\n" " \"content\": \"BitBucket - Backup your code in the cloud! Host unlimited private projects, for free\\n. SIGN UP takes 10 seconds, and it's free! Guest ...\",\n" " \"contentNoFormatting\": \"BitBucket - Backup your code in the cloud! Host unlimited private projects, for free\\n. SIGN UP takes 10 seconds, and it's free! Guest ...\",\n" " \"formattedUrl\": \"pastebin.com/u/\\u003cb\\u003essh\\u003c/b\\u003e\",\n" " \"title\": \"\\u003cb\\u003eSsh's\\u003c/b\\u003e Pastebin - Pastebin.com\",\n" " \"titleNoFormatting\": \"Ssh's Pastebin - Pastebin.com\",\n" " \"unescapedUrl\": \"http://pastebin.com/u/ssh\",\n" " \"url\": \"http://pastebin.com/u/ssh\",\n" " \"visibleUrl\": \"pastebin.com\",\n" " \"richSnippet\": {\n" " \"cseImage\": {\n" " \"src\": \"http://pastebin.com/i/facebook.png\"\n" " },\n" " \"metatags\": {\n" " \"fbAppId\": \"231493360234820\",\n" " \"ogTitle\": \"Ssh's Pastebin - Pastebin.com\",\n" " \"ogType\": \"article\",\n" " \"ogUrl\": \"http://pastebin.com/u/ssh\",\n" " \"ogImage\": \"http://pastebin.com/i/facebook.png\",\n" " \"ogSiteName\": \"Pastebin\",\n" " \"viewport\": \"width=device-width, maximum-scale=1.0, user-scalable=no\"\n" " }\n" " }\n" " }\n" " ]\n" "}\n" ");") match = regex.search(test_str) if match: print(f"Match 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