Title: Match Times
Slug: match_times
Summary: Match Times
Date: 2016-05-01 12:00
Category: Regex
Tags: Basics
Authors: Chris Albon

Preliminaries



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# Load regex package
import re

Create some text



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# Create a variable containing a text string
text = 'Chris: 12:34am. Steve: 16:30'



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# Find any text that fits the regex
re.findall(r'([0-1]\d:[0-5]\d)\s*(?:AM|PM)?', text)









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['12:34', '16:30']