# coding=utf8
# the above tag defines encoding for this document and is for Python 2.x compatibility
import re
regex = r"CAT:\"((?:[^\"]+|\\.)*)\""
test_str = "adlo2gc01-adinbcgw01-16-04-28-12_37_20_1461847501.log:1464846761.422 184 10.221.251.213 TCP_NC_MISS/200 312 GET http://nqs-u33-gc2.redacted.com/ping?time=27.50399999995716&pingTime=5&totalBytes=334203&dataType=0&code=U_19160_3m2x9n8t2tywsyus&diffTime=5335 HTTP/1.1 userid -/nqs-usc1-gc2.redacted.com text/plain http://www.moon.com/audio Mozilla/5.0%20(Windows%20NT%206.1;%20WOW64)%20AppleWebKit/537.36%20(KHTML,%20like%20Gecko)%20Chrome/49.0.2623.112%20Safari/537.36 - --- OIP:114.155.103.27 AIP:215.74.50.9:8882 CAT:\"Business Economy\" NSL:0 OCT:27 ORT:60 XFF:11.51.42.169 PSP:52135 732 SSL-C:none SSL-V:- XVID:-"
matches = re.search(regex, test_str)
if matches:
print ("Match was found at {start}-{end}: {match}".format(start = matches.start(), end = matches.end(), match = matches.group()))
for groupNum in range(0, len(matches.groups())):
groupNum = groupNum + 1
print ("Group {groupNum} found at {start}-{end}: {group}".format(groupNum = groupNum, start = matches.start(groupNum), end = matches.end(groupNum), group = matches.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