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Cheatsheet: Python Regex

In order to use regex in python you will need to import the re package.

Three Functions

There are three main functions to be aware of in the re package.

1. compile
2. search()
3. findall

Basic Shit

• \d Matches any decimal digit; this is equivalent to the class [0-9].
• \D Matches any non-digit character; this is equivalent to the class [^0-9].
• \s Matches any whitespace character; this is equivalent to the class [ \t\n\r\f\v].
• \S Matches any non-whitespace character; this is equivalent to the class [^ \t\n\r\f\v].
• \w Matches any alphanumeric character; this is equivalent to the class [a-zA-Z0-9_].
• \W Matches any non-alphanumeric character; this is equivalent to the class [^a-zA-Z0-9_].