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  • All Tokens
  • Common Tokens
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  • Anchors
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  • Character Classes
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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"^(?!\s*$)\s*(?!\s)([^#\n\[=]+?)\s*?(?>#.*?$|(?>=\s*$|=\s*?(?:#?|(\".*?\"|[^\s].*?)\s*?)(?:\s*#.*?$)*?$)?$)", flags=re.MULTILINE | re.IGNORECASE) test_str = ("[mysqld]\n" "skip-grant-tables # k\n" "bind-address=127.0.0.1\n" " port = 3307 # test \n" "basedir=C:\\Program Files (x86)\\MySQL\\ \n" "datadir=C:\\Program Files (x86)\\MySQL\\data\\\n\n" "default-storage-engine=INNODB \n\n" "sql-mode= \" STRICT_TRANS_TABLES,NO_AUTO_CREATE_USER,test NO_ENGINE_SUBSTITUTION\" #test\n\n" "max_connections=1000\n\n" "tmp_table_size=1G\n" "max_heap_table_size=1G\n" "join_buffer_size=1M \n" "query_cache_size =50M\n" "query_cache_limit=50M\n" "max_allowed_packet = 104857600\n" "port =\n\n" " = fh\n" "thread_cache_size=8\n\n" "#*** MyISAM Specific options\n\n" "myisam_max_sort_file_size=100G\n" "myisam_sort_buffer_size=35M\n" "key_buffer_size=25M\n" "read_buffer_size=64K\n" "read_rnd_buffer_size=256K\n" "sort_buffer_size=256K\n\n" "#*** INNODB Specific options ***\n\n" "innodb_flush_log_at_trx_commit=0\n" "innodb_log_buffer_size=50M\n" "innodb_buffer_pool_size=1000M\n" "innodb_log_file_size=300M\n" "innodb_thread_concurrency=8\n" "innodb_flush_method=normal\n" "innodb_autoinc_lock_mode=0 \n\n\n" "test=0\n") 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