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  • All Tokens
  • Common Tokens
  • General Tokens
  • Anchors
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  • Group Constructs
  • 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]
  • Character class intersection
    [\w&&[^\d]]
  • 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"(\"(?:\\[\s\S]|[^\"])*\")|((?:\/\/|#)[^\n]*)|(\/\*[\s\S]*?\*\/)") test_str = ("//first line\n\n" " {\"aaa\": \"qwerty\",//00\n" " \"bbb\": 1234 //comment (not pure JSON syntax)\n" " ,\"ccc\": true # alternative comment style\n" " ,\"dd\\\"d\":/*multiline\\\" comm\\ent*/ /*comm2\\*/null,\n" " \"ee//e\": \"example of any symbols in key including inactive comments\",\n" " \"jsonComm\":/*is*/\"data format\",/*which contains*///comments\n" " \"multiline1\" /*: 1, //- example of multiline comments\n" " \"multiline2\": 2,\n" " \"multiline3\":= 1234,*/ :[36.8,false/*,34*/,\n" " \"/**/\",[1,2,3,4,[//56789\n" " 5,6,[[/*0*/7,{\"x\":/*xx*/\"x\"}],8]],{}] ],\n" " \"mayBeAnyStructure\":{\"a\":1/**/,\"b\":2},\n" " \"lineEnd\\\\\" \n" " :\"end\"\n" "}//after json\n" " \n" " /*2*/ ") subst = "$1" result = regex.sub(subst, test_str) if result: print(result)

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