Index
A
- alternation / Alternation
- common parts, extracting / Extract common parts in alternation
- atomic groups / Atomic groups
B
- backreferences
- about / Backreferences
- backslash character
- used, in string literals / Backslash in string literals, String Python 2.x
- Backtracking
- about / Understanding the Python regex engine, Backtracking
- boundary matchers / Boundary Matchers
- building blocks, for Python regex
- RegexObject / RegexObject
- MatchObject / MatchObject
- module operations / Module operations
C
- character classes / Character classes
- common parts
- extracting, in alternation / Extract common parts in alternation
- compilation flags
- about / Compilation flags
- re.IGNORECASE / re.IGNORECASE or re.I
- re.I / re.IGNORECASE or re.I
- re.MULTILINE / re.MULTILINE or re.M
- re.M / re.MULTILINE or re.M
- re.DOTALL / re.DOTALL or re.S
- re.S / re.DOTALL or re.S
- re.LOCALE / re.LOCALE or re.L
- re.L / re.LOCALE or re.L
- re.UNICODE / re.UNICODE or re.U
- re.U / re.UNICODE or re.U
- re.VERBOSE / re.VERBOSE or re.X
- re.X / re.VERBOSE or re.X
- compiled patterns
- reusing / Reuse compiled patterns
- count argument / sub(repl, string, count=0)
D
- DOTALL flag / re.DOTALL or re.S
E
- end([group]) operation / end([group])
- endpos parameter / search(string[, pos[, endpos]])
- escape() operation / escape()
- expand(template) operation / expand(template)
F
- findall(string[, pos[, endpos]]) operation / findall(string[, pos[, endpos]])
- findall operation / findall(string[, pos[, endpos]])
- finditer(string[, pos[, endpos]]) operation / finditer(string[, pos[, endpos]])
- flags per group
- about / Flags per group
G
- greedy behavior
- about / Greedy and reluctant quantifiers
- group([group1, ]) operation / group([group1, …])
- groupdict([default]) operation / groupdict([default])
- groupdict method / groupdict([default])
- Grouping
- parentheses () / Introduction
- capturing / Introduction
- groups([default]) operation / groups([default])
L
- literals / Literals
- look ahead
- about / Look ahead
- look ahead and substitutions
- about / Look around and substitutions
- look around
- used, in groups / Look around and groups
- look behind
- about / Look behind
- negative look behind / Negative look behind
M
- match(string[, pos[, endpos]]) method / match(string[, pos[, endpos]])
- MatchObject
- about / MatchObject
- group([group1, ]) operation / group([group1, …])
- group([group1, …]) operation / group([group1, …])
- groups([default]) operation / groups([default])
- groupdict([default]) operation / groupdict([default])
- start([group]) operation / start([group])
- end([group]) operation / end([group])
- span([group]) operation / span([group])
- expand(template) operation / expand(template)
- maxsplit parameter / split(string, maxsplit=0)
- module operations
- escape() operation / escape()
- purge() operation / purge()
N
- named groups
- about / Named groups
- negative look ahead
- about / Negative look ahead
- negative look behind / Negative look behind
- non-BMP
- URL / What's new in Python 3
- non-capturing groups
- using / Use non-capturing groups when appropriate
- non-greedy behavior
- about / Greedy and reluctant quantifiers
- non capturing groups
- about / Non-capturing groups
- atomic groups / Atomic groups
- Nondeterministic Finite Automata (NFA) / Understanding the Python regex engine
- normalize_orders function / sub(repl, string, count=0)
O
- overlapping groups
- about / Overlapping groups
P
- parentheses () / Introduction
- POSIX style support
- URL / History, relevance, and purpose
- pos parameter / search(string[, pos[, endpos]])
- possessive quantifier
- about / Greedy and reluctant quantifiers
- predefined character classes / Predefined character classes
- purge() operation / purge()
- Python
- and other flavors, difference between / Differences between Python and other flavors
- regular expression, benchmarking with / Benchmarking regular expressions with Python
- Python 3
- about / What's new in Python 3
- Python 3.3
- URL / What's new in Python 3
Q
- quantifiers
- about / Quantifiers
R
- re.DOTALL / re.DOTALL or re.S
- re.escape method / Literals
- re.I / re.IGNORECASE or re.I
- re.IGNORECASE / re.IGNORECASE or re.I
- re.L / re.LOCALE or re.L
- re.LOCALE / re.LOCALE or re.L
- re.M / re.MULTILINE or re.M
- re.MULTILINE / re.MULTILINE or re.M
- re.S / re.DOTALL or re.S
- re.U / re.UNICODE or re.U
- re.UNICODE / re.UNICODE or re.U
- re.VERBOSE / re.VERBOSE or re.X
- re.X / re.VERBOSE or re.X
- recommendations, regular expression
- compiled patterns, reusing / Reuse compiled patterns
- common parts, extracting in alteration / Extract common parts in alternation
- non-capturing groups, using / Use non-capturing groups when appropriate
- RegexBuddy
- about / The RegexBuddy tool
- URL / The RegexBuddy tool
- regex module
- URL / Atomic groups
- RegexObject
- about / RegexObject
- searching / Searching
- match(string[, pos[, endpos]]) method / match(string[, pos[, endpos]])
- search(string[, pos[, endpos]]) operation / search(string[, pos[, endpos]])
- findall(string[, pos[, endpos]]) operation / findall(string[, pos[, endpos]])
- finditer(string[, pos[, endpos]]) operation / finditer(string[, pos[, endpos]])
- string, modifying / Modifying a string
- split(string, maxsplit=0) operation / split(string, maxsplit=0)
- sub(repl, string, count=0) operation / sub(repl, string, count=0)
- subn(repl, string, count=0) operation / subn(repl, string, count=0)
- Regular-Expressions.info
- URL / The RegexBuddy tool
- regular expression
- history / History, relevance, and purpose
- literals / Literals
- character classes / Character classes
- predefined character classes / Predefined character classes
- alternation / Alternation
- quantifiers / Quantifiers
- boundary matchers / Boundary Matchers
- benchmarking, with Python / Benchmarking regular expressions with Python
- regular expression syntax
- about / The regular expression syntax
- repl argument / sub(repl, string, count=0)
S
- search(string[, pos[, endpos]]) operation / search(string[, pos[, endpos]])
- span([group]) operation / span([group])
- split(string, maxsplit=0) operation / split(string, maxsplit=0)
- split operation / split(string, maxsplit=0)
- start([group]) operation / start([group])
- String Python 2.x
- about / String Python 2.x
- sub(repl, string, count=0) operation / sub(repl, string, count=0)
- subn(repl, string, count=0) operation / subn(repl, string, count=0)
U
- Unicode
- about / Unicode
Y
- yes-pattern|no-pattern
- about / yes-pattern|no-pattern
