Break long regex into multiple lines

November 17, 2021

I have this long regex in the code bellow

import re

message = "/sell 2000 USDT @ 5.56 111.222.333-44 user@example.com"

regex = re.compile(r"^/(?P<operation>\w+) (?P<amount>.+) (?P<network>.+) @ (?P<rate>.+) (?P<legal>.+) (?P<contact>.+)")

result = regex.match(message)

print(result.groupdict())

I want know if it is possible to break each group in one line, to make more readable. Unfortunately my input data is on a single line, is it possible?

>Solution :

Just split it up with quotes

regex = re.compile(r"^/(?P<operation>\w+)"
                   " (?P<amount>.+)"
                   " (?P<network>.+)"
                   " @ (?P<rate>.+)"
                   " (?P<legal>.+)"
                   " (?P<contact>.+)")

{'operation': 'sell', 'amount': '2000', 'network': 'USDT', 'rate': '5.56', 'legal': '111.222.333-44', 'contact': 'user@example.com'}