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module: search() vs. match()
section should mention fullmatch()
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.. sectionauthor:: Fred L. Drake, Jr. <[email protected]> | ||
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Python offers two different primitive operations based on regular expressions: | ||
:func:`re.match` checks for a match only at the beginning of the string, while | ||
:func:`re.search` checks for a match anywhere in the string (this is what Perl | ||
does by default). | ||
Python offers different primitive operations based on regular expressions: | ||
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+ :func:`re.match` checks for a match only at the beginning of the string | ||
+ :func:`re.search` checks for a match anywhere in the string | ||
(this is what Perl does by default) | ||
+ :func:`re.fullmatch` checks for entire string to be a match | ||
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For example:: | ||
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>>> re.match("c", "abcdef") # No match | ||
>>> re.search("c", "abcdef") # Match | ||
<re.Match object; span=(2, 3), match='c'> | ||
>>> re.fullmatch("p.*n", "python") # Match | ||
<re.Match object; span=(0, 6), match='python'> | ||
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>>> re.fullmatch("r.*n", "python") # No match | ||
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Regular expressions beginning with ``'^'`` can be used with :func:`search` to | ||
restrict the match at the beginning of the string:: | ||
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@@ -1588,8 +1594,8 @@ Note however that in :const:`MULTILINE` mode :func:`match` only matches at the | |
beginning of the string, whereas using :func:`search` with a regular expression | ||
beginning with ``'^'`` will match at the beginning of each line. :: | ||
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>>> re.match('X', 'A\nB\nX', re.MULTILINE) # No match | ||
>>> re.search('^X', 'A\nB\nX', re.MULTILINE) # Match | ||
>>> re.match("X", "A\nB\nX", re.MULTILINE) # No match | ||
>>> re.search("^X", "A\nB\nX", re.MULTILINE) # Match | ||
<re.Match object; span=(4, 5), match='X'> | ||
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