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  • All Tokens
  • Common Tokens
  • General Tokens
  • Anchors
  • Meta Sequences
  • Quantifiers
  • 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"((?:\+|00)[17](?: |\-|\.)?|(?:\+|00)[1-9]\d{0,2}(?: |\-|\.)?|(?:\+|00)1\-\d{3}(?: |\-|\.)?)?(0\d|\([0-9]{3}\)|[1-9]{0,3})(?:((?: |\-|\.)[0-9]{2}){4}|((?:[0-9]{2}){4})|((?: |\-|\.)[0-9]{3}(?: |\-|\.)[0-9]{4})|([0-9]{7}))") test_str = (" 12345678901\n" " 12345678901x1234\n" " 345678901x1234\n" " 12344678901\n" " 12345678901\n" " 12345678901\n" " 12345678901\n" " +4112345678\n" " +441234567890\n" " 1 (234) 567-8901\n" " 1 (234) 567-8901 x1234\n" "01 23 45 56 78\n" "335.23.23.23.23\n" "0689912549\n" "+33698912549\n" "+33 6 79 91 25 49\n" "+33-6-79-91-25-49\n" "(555)-555-5555\n" "555-555-5555\n" "+1-238 6 79 91 25 49\n" "+1-555-532-3455\n" "+15555323455\n" "55555555555555555555555555\n" "+7 06 79 91 25 49\n" "935 263223 64 949\n" "067 9 91 254 9\n" "331 23 45 56 78\n" "331.23.45.56.78\n" "331 23 45 56.78\n" "33123455678\n" "2312523125\n\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