Text Processingflags: m

Python Import Statement

Match Python `import x` and `from x import y` statements, capturing the module and target.

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Available in

JSSupported

JavaScript / ECMAScript

Browser-native RegExp. Default if you don't pick.

PYSupported

Python (re)

CPython stdlib `re`. Unicode-aware `\w` and `\d` by default.

GOSupported

Go (RE2)

Linear-time matching. No backreferences or lookarounds.

Pattern

regexengine-agnostic
^(?:from\s+([\w.]+)\s+)?import\s+([\w.,\s\*]+?)(?:\s+as\s+\w+)?$   (flags: m)

Raw source: ^(?:from\s+([\w.]+)\s+)?import\s+([\w.,\s\*]+?)(?:\s+as\s+\w+)?$

How it works

(?:from\s+([\w.]+)\s+)? optionally matches `from <module>` and captures the module path (group 1). import\s+ requires the import keyword. ([\w.,\s\*]+?) captures the imported names (lazy so the optional `as` alias doesn't get sucked in). (?:\s+as\s+\w+)? optionally matches an alias. The m flag lets ^/$ anchor per line in a multi-line file.

Examples

Input

import os\nfrom collections import defaultdict

Matches

  • import os
  • from collections import defaultdict

Input

from typing import List, Dict, Optional

Matches

  • from typing import List, Dict, Optional

Input

// not python

No match

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Common use cases

  • •Static analysis of Python source
  • •Dependency graph generation
  • •Auto-formatting tools (isort, ruff)
  • •Migrating import styles in large codebases
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