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Regular Expression

Implementation:
R E GE X IN PY T H ON

By,
Sadiya Fatima Khwaja (3178)
Overview
• Introduction
• The re module
• Implementation
Introduction
• Regular Expressions (regex) are simple expressions that can
describe the language that finite automata accept. It is the most
efficient method of representing any language.
• A regular expression can also be defined as a pattern sequence
that defines a string.
• Regular Expressions are helpful in a wide range of text processing
tasks and string processing in general, where the data does not
have to be textual.
• For example:
• Data validation,
• Data scraping (particularly web scraping),
• Simple parsing
• The creation of syntax highlighting systems and a variety of other tasks are
typical applications.
The re module in Python:

Function Description
• Regex functionality in Python
resides in a module named re.findall() finds and returns all matching
re. occurrences in a list
re.compil Regular expressions are compiled into
• How to Import re : e() pattern objects
import re re.split() Split string by the occurrences of a
character or a pattern.
• re module contains many re.sub() Replaces all occurrences of a character
functions that help us to or patter with a replacement string.
search a string for a match. re.escape Escapes special character
()
Searches for first occurrence of
re.search() character or pattern
Metacharacters Supported by the re
Module
Character(s Meaning
)
• The following table . Matches any single character
briefly summarizes all except newline
the metacharacters
supported by the re ^ • Anchors a match at the start of a
string
module. Some • Complements a character class
characters serve more
$ Anchors a match at the end of a
than one purpose: string
+ Matches one or more repetitions
\ • Escapes a metacharacter of its
special meaning
• Introduces a special character
class
• Introduces a grouping
backreference
[] Specifies a character class
Implementation: code
import re

# Define the regex pattern for a valid email address


email_pattern = r'^[a-zA-Z0-9_.+-]+@[a-zA-Z0-9-]+\.[a-zA-
Z0-9-.]+$’

# Compile the regex pattern


compiled_pattern = re.compile(email_pattern)

# Define a function to check if an email address is valid


def is_valid_email(email):
# Use the compiled pattern to check if the email
matches
return compiled_pattern.match(email) is not None
Let’s Test it:

# Test the function


test_emails = [
"example@gmail.com",
"user.name+tag+sorting@yahoo.com",
"user@invalid-domain",
"invalid-email"
]
for email in test_emails:
print(f"{email}: {'Valid’ if is_valid_email(email) else 'Invalid'}")
Output:
Explanation:
1. Define the regex pattern:
• ^[a-zA-Z0-9_.+-]+@[a-zA-Z0-9-]+\.[a-zA-Z0-9-.]+$
• ^: Start of the string.
• [a-zA-Z0-9_.+-]+: One or more alphanumeric characters, dots,
underscores, pluses, or hyphens.
• +: This quantifier matches one or more of the preceding character
class. Therefore, [a-zA-Z0-9_.+-]+ matches one or more
alphanumeric characters, dots, underscores, pluses, or hyphens.
• @: This matches the literal "@" character. It separates the local part
of the email from the domain part.
• [a-zA-Z0-9-]+: One or more alphanumeric characters or hyphens.
Cont’d

• \.: This matches a literal dot. The backslash (\) is used to escape the dot
(.), as the dot is a special character in regex that matches any single
character except a newline.
• [a-zA-Z0-9-.]+: One or more alphanumeric characters, dots, or hyphens.
• $: End of the string.
2. Compile the regex pattern: Compiling the pattern can improve
performance, especially if it will be used multiple times.
3. Match the pattern: The match() method checks if the pattern matches
the entire string.
Thank you

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