Name nested regex expression

Asked Feb 25 '20 at 17:27

Active Feb 25 '20 at 17:37

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I'm trying to match strings of the form:

"FLOAT:FLOAT:FLOAT"

where: FLOAT="(\d*\.\d*)"

I would like to not repeat code. (eg. "(\d*\.\d*):(\d*\.\d*):(\d*\.\d*)")

Is there support for this in regex? Or is this typically done with string manipulation (.format())?

I'm using python, but I'm interested in other flavors of regex as well.

edited Feb 25 '20 at 17:37

asked Feb 25 '20 at 17:27

JayMech

`(\d+\.\d+:){3}` – jordanm Feb 25 '20 at 17:31
@jordanm doesn't match the original string (trailing ':').The linked questions answered it though – JayMech Feb 25 '20 at 17:46

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