RegEx Get string between two strings that has line breaks

Question

I have the following test (formatted just like below):

      My Class: TEST DATA

      Test Section: 


        

Answer 1

Get the matched group from index 1

Test Section:([\S\s]*)

Live demo

Note: change the last part as per your need.

sample code:

import re
p = re.compile(ur'Test Section:([\S\s]*)', re.MULTILINE)
test_str = u"..."

re.findall(p, test_str)

Pattern Explanation:

  Test Section:            'Test Section:'
  (                        group and capture to \1:
    [\S\s]*                  any character of: non-whitespace (all
                             but \n, \r, \t, \f, and " "), whitespace
                             (\n, \r, \t, \f, and " ") (0 or more
                             times (matching the most amount
                             possible))
  )                        end of \1
                      ''