import re # minimal example constructed by @erik-krogh baz = re.compile(r'\+0') # exerpts from LGTM.com re.compile(r'\+0x') re.compile(r'\+0x.*') re.compile(r'+\-0+\.') re.compile('\s+\+0x[0-9]+') re.compile(r'\+0000 .*') re.compile('\#[0-9]+ 0x[0-9]')