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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"((?:\\033|\e|\\x1B|\\x1b){1}(?:\[(?:=|\?|[0-9]*)[0-9]*[a-gA-GnmsuJKhlHL]{0,1}(?:(?:\;[0-9]*)*m){0,1}))") test_str = ("0x7ffff00196a0 \"\\r\\r\\r\\033[9999B[\\033[m\\033[36madmin\\033[m@\\033[m\\033[32mLeonards_switch\\033[m] > \"\n" "\\r routerboard: yes\\r\\n model: CRS112-8P-4S\\r\\n revision: r2\\r\\n serial-number: F1 4F0FC0637C\\r\\n firmware-type: qca8513 L \\r \\n f a c t o r y - f i r m w a r e : 6 . 4 7 . 1 0 \\r \\n c u r r e n t - f i r m w a r e : 6 . 4 7 . 1 0 \\r \\n u p g r a d e - f i r m w a r e : 6 . 4 7 . 1 0 \\r\n" "\\x1b[1;31mHello \\x1b[2;37;41mWorld\n" "\\033[38;2;1;22;252m\n" "\\033[38;5;5m\n" "\\033[48;5;5m\n" "\\033[48;2;15;251;3m\n" "\\033[0J\n" "\\033[J\n" "\\033[1J\n" "\\033[3J\n" "\\033[K\n" "\\033[0K\n" "\\033[u\n" "\\033[s\n" "\\033[8\n" "\\033[7\n" "\\033[m\n" "\\033[6n\n" "\\033[5G\n" "\\033[=14h\n" "\\033[=15l\n" "\\033[?25h\n" "\\033[?1049l") 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