Why my Python regular expression pattern run so slowly?

Question

Please see my regular expression pattern code:

#!/usr/bin/env python
# -*- coding:utf-8 -*-

import re

print \'Start\'
str1 = \'abcdefgasdsdfswossdfasdaef\'
m =         


        

Answer 1

Just repost the answer and solution in comments from nhahtdh and Marc B:

([A-Za-z\-\s\:\.]+)+ --> [A-Za-z\-\s\:\.]+

Thanks so much to nhahtdh and Marc B!