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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]
  • 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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# coding=utf8 # the above tag defines encoding for this document and is for Python 2.x compatibility import re regex = r"(?P<AUC>AUC)|(?P<Cmax>C<sub>max<\/sub>)|(?P<Tmax>T<sub>max<\/sub>)|(?P<dose>\d+\s*[a-zA-Zμ]*g(?!(?:[^\s\.]|\.\S)))|(?P<dose_normalized>\d+\s*[a-zA-Zμ]*g\/[a-zA-Zμ]*g(?!(?:[^\s\.]|\.\S)))" test_str = ("The median T<sub>max</sub> of asciminib following oral administration is 2.5 hours.[L38995] At a dose of 80mg once daily, the steady-state C<sub>max</sub> and AUC<sub>tau</sub> were 1781 ng/mL and 15112 ng.h/mL, respectively. At a dose of 40mg twice daily, the steady-state C<sub>max</sub> and AUC<sub>tau</sub> were 793 ng/mL and 5262 ng.h/mL, respectively. At a dose of 200mg twice daily (for treatment of T315I mutants), the steady-state C<sub>max</sub> and AUC<sub>tau</sub> were 5642 ng/mL and 37547 ng.h/mL, respectively.[L38995]\n\n" "As compared to the fasted state, the co-administration of asciminib with a high-fat meal decreased the AUC and C<sub>max</sub> by 62% and 68%, respectively, and its co-administration with a low-fat meal decreased the AUC and C<sub>max</sub> by 30% and 35%, respectively.[L38995]") matches = re.finditer(regex, test_str, re.MULTILINE) for matchNum, match in enumerate(matches, start=1): print ("Match {matchNum} was found at {start}-{end}: {match}".format(matchNum = matchNum, start = match.start(), end = match.end(), match = match.group())) for groupNum in range(0, len(match.groups())): groupNum = groupNum + 1 print ("Group {groupNum} found at {start}-{end}: {group}".format(groupNum = groupNum, start = match.start(groupNum), end = match.end(groupNum), group = match.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