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import re regex = re.compile(r"(?<=application: label=')(.+?)(?=')") test_str = ("package: name='com.ghisler.android.TotalCommander' versionCode='160' versionName='2.72' platformBuildVersionName='6.0-2166767'\n" "install-location:'auto'\n" "sdkVersion:'3'\n" "targetSdkVersion:'23'\n" "uses-permission: name='android.permission.WRITE_EXTERNAL_STORAGE'\n" "uses-permission: name='android.permission.BLUETOOTH_ADMIN'\n" "uses-permission: name='android.permission.BLUETOOTH'\n" "uses-permission: name='android.permission.INTERNET'\n" "uses-permission: name='android.permission.ACCESS_NETWORK_STATE'\n" "uses-permission: name='android.permission.WAKE_LOCK'\n" "uses-permission: name='android.permission.ACCESS_SUPERUSER'\n" "uses-permission: name='com.android.launcher.permission.INSTALL_SHORTCUT'\n" "uses-permission: name='com.ghisler.tcplugins.restricted'\n" "application-label:'Total Commander'\n" "application-icon-120:'res/drawable-ldpi-v4/icon.png'\n" "application-icon-160:'res/drawable-v11/icon.png'\n" "application-icon-240:'res/drawable-hdpi-v11/icon.png'\n" "application-icon-320:'res/drawable-xhdpi-v11/icon.png'\n" "application-icon-480:'res/drawable-xxhdpi-v11/icon.png'\n" "application-icon-640:'res/drawable-xxhdpi-v11/icon.png'\n" "application: label='Total Commander' icon='res/drawable-v11/icon.png'\n" "launchable-activity: name='com.ghisler.android.TotalCommander.TotalCommander' label='Total Commander' icon=''\n" "leanback-launchable-activity: name='com.ghisler.android.TotalCommander.TotalCommander' label='Total Commander' icon='' banner=''\n" "uses-permission: name='android.permission.READ_EXTERNAL_STORAGE'\n" "uses-implied-permission: name='android.permission.READ_EXTERNAL_STORAGE' reason='requested WRITE_EXTERNAL_STORAGE'\n" "feature-group: label=''\n" " uses-feature-not-required: name='android.hardware.bluetooth'\n" " uses-feature-not-required: name='android.hardware.touchscreen'\n" "main\n" "other-activities\n" "other-receivers\n" "other-services\n" "supports-screens: 'small' 'normal' 'large' 'xlarge'\n" "supports-any-density: 'true'\n" "locales: '--_--' 'da' 'ja' 'id' 'be' 'de' 'he' 'bg' 'vi' 'sk' 'uk' 'el' 'nl' 'pl' 'sl' 'ko' 'ro' 'fr' 'hr' 'sr' 'tr' 'cs' 'es' 'it' 'lt' 'hu' 'ru' 'sv' 'iw' 'zh-CN' 'pt-BR' 'pt-PT' 'zh-TW'\n" "densities: '120' '160' '240' '320' '480' '640'\n" "native-code: 'armeabi' 'mips' 'x86'\n") match = regex.search(test_str) if match: print(f"Match 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