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  • All Tokens
  • Common Tokens
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  • Anchors
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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"(<text.*?<\/text>)") test_str = ("var svgstring = '<g font-size=\"1.6\" font-family=\"DejaVu Sans\" stroke=\"none\" fill=\"#000000\"><rect x=\"254.01\" y=\"50.00\" width=\"29\" height=\"2.24\" stroke=\"#053581\" stroke-width=\"0.1\" fill=\"#b2b8c3\"></rect><text x=\"254.21\" y=\"51.6\" font-size=\"1.6\" font-weight=\"700\" font-family=\"DejaVu Sans\" stroke=\"none\" fill=\"#000000\">Cav.</text><text x=\"259.21\" y=\"51.6\" font-size=\"1.6\" font-weight=\"700\" font-family=\"DejaVu Sans\" stroke=\"none\" fill=\"#000000\">Wire</text><text x=\"267.21\" y=\"51.6\" font-size=\"1.6\" font-weight=\"700\" font-family=\"DejaVu Sans\" stroke=\"none\" fill=\"#000000\">Colour</text><text x=\"274.21\" y=\"51.6\" font-size=\"1.6\" font-weight=\"700\" font-family=\"DejaVu Sans\" stroke=\"none\" fill=\"#000000\">Gauge</text><rect x=\"254.01\" y=\"52.24\" width=\"29\" height=\"2.24\" stroke=\"#053581\" stroke-width=\"0.1\" fill=\"#ffffff\"></rect><text x=\"254.21\" y=\"53.84\" fill=\"#000000\"> 1</text><text x=\"259.21\" y=\"53.84\" fill=\"#000000\"> FPTO-20..</text><rect x=\"267.01\" y=\"52.34\" width=\"7\" height=\"2.04\" stroke-width=\"0.01\" fill=\"#C1D5D9\"></rect><text x=\"267.21\" y=\"53.84\" fill=\"#000000\">GY</text><text x=\"274.21\" y=\"53.84\" fill=\"#000000\">\n" " 0.75</text><rect x=\"254.01\" y=\"54.48\" width=\"29\" height=\"2.24\" stroke=\"#053581\" stroke-width=\"0.1\" fill=\"#fff8c6\"></rect><text x=\"254.21\" y=\"56.08\" fill=\"#000000\">2</text><text x=\"259.21\" y=\"56.08\" fill=\"#000000\">FPTO-20..</text><rect x=\"267.01\" y=\"54.58\" width=\"7\" height=\"2.04\" stroke-width=\"0.01\" fill=\"#EDEDED\"></rect><text x=\"267.21\" y=\"56.08\" fill=\"#000000\">WH</text><text x=\"274.21\" y=\"56.08\" fill=\"#000000\">0.75</text><line x1=\"259.01\" y1=\"50.00\" x2=\"259.01\" y2=\"56.72\" stroke=\"#053581\" stroke-width=\"0.1\" fill=\"#053581\"></line><line x1=\"267.01\" y1=\"50.00\" x2=\"267.01\" y2=\"56.72\" stroke=\"#053581\" stroke-width=\"0.1\" fill=\"#053581\"></line><line x1=\"274.01\" y1=\"50.00\" x2=\"274.01\" y2=\"56.72\" stroke=\"#053581\" stroke-width=\"0.1\" fill=\"#053581\"></line></g>'\n") subst = "" result = regex.sub(subst, test_str) if result: print(result)

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