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MultiLine regex matching python

Below is my multi-line string.

sample='''
blah
blah
blah
blah
text.get(
'hi'
'you're
'welcome'
)
text.get(
'hi'
'i'm
'here'
> )
blah
blah
blah

I want to match based on the symbol > and get the relevant text in the in the brackets

text.get(
'hi'
'i'm
'here'
> )

I tried this code text(.+)\((.*?)>(.*?)\) and it matches both the instances of text.get.Can someone please help on this

Solution

  • Yoy can use

    \btext\.\w+\([^()]*\n> \)

    See the regex demo. Details:

    • \b - a word boundary
    • text\. - a text. substring
    • \w+\( - one or more word chars and then an open parenthesis
    • [^()]* - zero or more chars other than parentheses
    • \n> \) - a newline, space and close parenthesis.

    If you need to capture unknown parts of the match add the groups, e.g.

    \btext\.(\w+)\(([^()]*)\n> \)

    In Python, do not forget to use the raw string literal: r'...'.