Verbose in Python Regex

19 Jul, 2019
In this article, we will learn about VERBOSE flag of the re package and how to use it.
re.VERBOSE : This flag allows you to write regular expressions that look nicer and are more readable by allowing you to visually separate logical sections of the pattern and add comments.Whitespace within the pattern is ignored, except when in a character class, or when preceded by an unescaped backslash, or within tokens like *?, (?: or (?P. When a line contains a # that is not in a character class and is not preceded by an unescaped backslash, all characters from the leftmost such # through the end of the line are ignored.
# Without Using VERBOSEregex_email = re.compile(r'^([a-z0-9_\.-]+)@([0-9a-z\.-]+)\.([a-z\.]{2, 6})$',              re.IGNORECASE)   # Using VERBOSEregex_email = re.compile(r"""            ^([a-z0-9_\.-]+)              # local Part            @                             # single @ sign            ([0-9a-z\.-]+)                # Domain name            \.                            # single Dot .            ([a-z]{2,6})$                 # Top level Domain               """,re.VERBOSE | re.IGNORECASE)   
It’s passed as an argument to re.compile() i.e re.compile(Regular Expression, re.VERBOSE). re.compile() returns a RegexObject which is then matched with the given string.
Let’s consider an example where the user is asked to enter their Email ID and we have to validate it using RegEx. The format of an email is as follow:
Personal details/local part like john123
Single @
Domain Name like gmail/yahoo etc
Single Dot(.)
Top Level Domain like .com/.org/.net
Examples:
Input : expectopatronum@gmail.com
Output : Valid


Input : avadakedavra@yahoo.com@
Output : Invalid
This is invalid because there is @ after the top level domain name.

Below is the Python implementation –
# Python3 program to show the Implementation of VERBOSE in RegEXimport re  def validate_email(email):      # RegexObject = re.compile( Regular expression, flag )    # Compiles a regular expression pattern into     # a regular expression object    regex_email=re.compile(r"""                           ^([a-z0-9_\.-]+)                 # local Part                           @                             # single @ sign                            ([0-9a-z\.-]+)                 # Domain name                           \.                             # single Dot .                            ([a-z]{2,6})$                 # Top level Domain                                """,re.VERBOSE | re.IGNORECASE)      # RegexObject is matched with the desired    # string using fullmatch function    # In case a match is found, search()    # returns a MatchObject Instance    res=regex_email.fullmatch(email)      #If match is found, the string is valid    if res:        print("{} is Valid. Details are as follow:".format(email))                  #prints first part/personal detail of Email Id        print("Local:{}".format(res.group(1)))                  #prints Domain Name of Email Id        print("Domain:{}".format(res.group(2)))                  #prints Top Level Domain Name of Email Id        print("Top Level domain:{}".format(res.group(3)))        print()              else:        #If match is not found,string is invalid        print("{} is Invalid".format(email))  # Driver Codevalidate_email("expectopatronum@gmail.com")validate_email("avadakedavra@yahoo.com@")validate_email("Crucio@.com")
Output:
expectopatronum@gmail.com is Valid. Details are as follow:
Local:expectopatronum
Domain:gmail
Top Level domain:com

avadakedavra@yahoo.com@ is Invalid
Crucio@.com is Invalid

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