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  • All Tokens
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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"[A-HJ-NPR-Z]{17}") test_str = ("OXCIHKMBLPRQNTZWI\n" "BQPUFWZDSDNUUKIUV\n" "BVVXVWVCOASEASPWU\n" "DCZACWJCZUWLBIVUI\n" "KFLCKCAXUAZNKJVWR\n" "QOOCGWILRYKYQTENT\n" "YDSNHLBUHOACQBZUK\n" "JAKUCQVYQKZFWRXWC\n" "YNNXLIUQBJYAAGFKR\n" "NTYAJLVNQDPMNIROG\n" "QOAEGBNELNDIKQOWE\n" "TAFDEHDRRSLOMQYHW\n" "ZEWHUQUUMLBAIVSXJ\n" "CPVYSKEDOOPJZUQPK\n" "RWKNWQRZAEXMGMYNY\n" "UOXQHITETYLRBVLBL\n" "AJXTBSZZCYTBKXEIG\n" "CJKFUDLOVAQMSNHYX\n" "PDKBCPOBSFPQKQPPO\n" "SRUZVKGSTEXUJUNTK\n" "YZIOIZWTYKLVVBQNZ\n" "MXUXSWHEWODYXXNHR\n" "PRLPVFKGHNTNADBLX\n" "ZQQNLKNJQJXQOZBKN\n" "UIJAGGJPJCJWYKSKP\n" "TPHDBXGEYTLDKICNK\n" "LUFEZHOBWELPOQHSJ\n" "CDJBNDZGNVGFBCCMT\n" "WBMLMSUKNZETIRIBJ\n" "PJLCZNMCCCFMCPYAS\n" "YWYKSHVQRDCHTYIXB\n" "NXDGJCLMICGSHRSLR\n" "BZMIOYTZDXJQFBCDL\n" "TFBWYPZPBQUVIPVPY\n" "MENKAAMUWUTAUJAVN\n" "ESEBVHLEZMLAZJXBQ\n" "YGWVDMMPXXUYDMXUZ\n" "XLEBIZQMMHJEPTRLW\n" "JWJKFOATBUMERTNUR\n" "IEMWASQEAUVHXSYLO\n" "YEJKREPDABYZPGZAR\n" "SMEJMYGTXHDWTRSTK\n" "BUJGYIGPNFUZAWPJV\n" "GLJZLAEMBZADLVOAZ\n" "UDZLAZRUBZIANHNIW\n" "GTJKPSXOIYATPACJA\n" "BMDRMCRPOHASYZHSQ\n" "MZXXUHTTKENOEMCQJ\n" "VGQLJWLXZAQOWPDSE\n" "MGULNKBQRIGDWVKZH\n" "SLFBBOSNAJVBBRWLL\n" "KQHFKFQYCHDHHDGYG\n" "IRHWTIXJKCCNYUFNB\n" "VDVCWZCVSXAEKQZGK\n" "VUMKDQTIRWMLHEYIG\n" "QMFXECJGIAYRUVUGK\n" "ZLYVHWFCIQAPBGZFB\n" "RTHPHXLYFEFLOVFVS\n" "VBPSAADMVGTKNGIWI\n" "IBEJPBAOPCOEJSAAE\n" "KPRONONKFUPCGRYSI\n" "TUJVHIDWCHXHNIOAC\n" "THUQVGJTGEWJDSZYS\n" "PEOVRKYJZUWEFZZFI\n" "KGKKFJBRTQEYVYSBS\n" "QIOITDCVULXALAJPD\n" "DIRGGBSQCVDDPRQUZ\n" "CXBGJEOXHOEEWVFVU\n" "OZWAPYUBKTBAIMDSF\n" "MVHVBRLQZPQXCTOEN\n" "EVCKGZLQEMMPIAOCN\n" "ILICNRUQDGRPEOUFF\n" "XXMRPRMDHZOIAAEME\n" "VTFDDBCXZPDUESHVG\n" "NNUIFEIJFNZLTHOOC\n" "AZQBWAVIMJWLNSUPM") 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