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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]
  • 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"(SSESS[a-zA-Z0-9]*)=(.+?);", flags=re.MULTILINE) test_str = "`{\"server\":\"nginx/1.21.0\",\"date\":\"Mon, 25 Apr 2022 11:34:20 GMT\",\"content-type\":\"text/html; charset=UTF-8\",\"transfer-encoding\":\"chunked\",\"x-powered-by\":\"PHP/7.4.16\",\"expires\":\"Sun, 19 Nov 1978 05:00:00 GMT\",\"cache-control\":\"no-store, no-cache, must-revalidate, max-stale=0, private, post-check=0, pre-check=0\",\"x-content-type-options\":\"nosniff\",\"content-security-policy\":\"frame-ancestors 'self';\",\"set-cookie\":[\"SSESS8b04132f4690dc8ceb7837d5134a5519=ZbgVsmpp6DBRWwNCRMm5DTpfEoKffsNM7l8ILoCWkug; path=/; domain=test.net; secure; HttpOnly\",\"su=1; expires=Thu, 22-Apr-2032 11:34:20 GMT; Max-Age=315360000; path=/; domain=test.net\",\"lt=deleted; expires=Thu, 01-Jan-1970 00:00:01 GMT; Max-Age=0; path=/; test.net\",\"dtCookie=v_4_srv_10_sn_6364C36040ADFF47B91A838BB8B2CADD_perc_100000_ol_0_mul_1_app-3Aea7c4b59f27d43eb_1; Path=/; Domain=test.net\",\"870be6fb89fc78ad2ca0eca3828e3019=7055c78f3c2b7311a5c77934caad6939; path=/; HttpOnly; Secure; SameSite=None\"],\"x-oneagent-js-injection\":\"true\",\"x-ruxit-js-agent\":\"true\",\"server-timing\":\"dtSInfo;desc=\\\\\"0\\\\\", dtRpid;desc=\\\\\"493206686\\\\\"\",\"connection\":\"close\"}`" 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