I have the email content. From this content I then want to extract any times that exist. The times are in 24 hour format, contain a colon separator (eg 13:00) and can appear anywhere in the text.
As an example:
"Some text some text some text 12:00 Some text some text some text"
When I use this line to extract the time, the result is blank:
tp_time = re.findall(r'(^[0-2][0-3]:[0-5][0-9]$)', tp_msg)
print(tp_time)
Can anyone see what I am doing wrong?
Can anyone see what I am doing wrong?
You are looking for r'(^[0-2][0-3]:[0-5][0-9]$)'
^ denotes start of line or start of string (depending on mode)
$ denotes end of line or end of string (depending on mode)
You should use \b instead of ^ and \b instead of $, i.e.
import re
text = "Some text some text some text 12:00 Some text some text some text"
print(re.findall(r'(\b[0-2][0-3]:[0-5][0-9]\b)', text))
output
['12:00']
If you want to know more about \b read python re docs
Using (0?[1-9]|1[0-2]):[0-5][0-9] instead of (^[0-2][0-3]:[0-5][0-9]$)
23:15?
([0-9]|0[0-9]|1[0-9]|2[0-3]):[0-5][0-9]
[0-2][0-3]:[0-5][0-9]will not match e.g.17:00. What's going on?(2[0-3]|[0-1][0-9]):[0-5][0-9]instead.