Regular Expressions 101

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  • All Tokens
  • Common Tokens
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  • Anchors
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  • Quantifiers
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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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# coding=utf8 # the above tag defines encoding for this document and is for Python 2.x compatibility import re regex = r"(?<!<br>)(?:<br>){0,1}\[trigger\](.+?)\[\/trigger\](?:<br>){0,1}(?!<br>)" test_str = ("At vero eos et accusamus et iusto [trigger]odio dignissimos ducimus qui blanditiis \n\n" "praesentium voluptatum \n" "deleniti atque corrupti quos[/trigger]<br> dolores et quas molestias \n" "excepturi sint occaecati cupiditate non provident, similique sunt in culpa qui officia deserunt mollitia animi, id est laborum et dolorum fuga. Et harum quidem rer\n\n" "um facilis est et expedita distinctio. \n\n" "...<br>[trigger]Nam<br>lib[/trigger]<br>...\n\n" "ero tempore, cum soluta nobis est eligendi optio cumque<br>[trigger]nihil impedit \n" "quo minus <br><br>\n" "id quod maxime <br>\n" "placeat <br><br>\n" "facere[/trigger] possimus, omnis voluptas assumenda est, \n" "omnis dolor repellendus. Temporibus autem quibusdam et aut officiis debitis aut \n\n" "[trigger]rerum necessitatibus saepe eveniet ut et voluptates repudiandae \n\n" "<br><br>[trigger]Internal[/trigger]\n" "non recusandae[/trigger]<br>\n" "sint et molestiae. \n" "Itaque earum rerum hic [trigger]To win[/trigger] tenetur a sapiente delectus, ut aut reiciendis voluptatibus maiores alias consequatur aut perferendis doloribus asperiores repellat\n") matches = re.finditer(regex, test_str, re.IGNORECASE | re.DOTALL) for matchNum, match in enumerate(matches, start=1): print ("Match {matchNum} was found at {start}-{end}: {match}".format(matchNum = matchNum, start = match.start(), end = match.end(), match = match.group())) for groupNum in range(0, len(match.groups())): groupNum = groupNum + 1 print ("Group {groupNum} found at {start}-{end}: {group}".format(groupNum = groupNum, start = match.start(groupNum), end = match.end(groupNum), group = match.group(groupNum))) # Note: for Python 2.7 compatibility, use ur"" to prefix the regex and u"" to prefix the test string and substitution.

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