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4.2.4 Regular Expression Objects
Compiled regular expression objects support the following methods and attributes:
- search (string[, pos[, endpos]])
- Scan through string looking for a location where this regular expression produces a match, and return a corresponding MatchObject instance. Return
Noneif no position in the string matches the pattern; note that this is different from finding a zero-length match at some point in the string. The optional pos and endpos parameters have the same meaning as for the match() method.
- match (string[, pos[, endpos]])
- If zero or more characters at the beginning of string match this regular expression, return a corresponding MatchObject instance. Return
Noneif the string does not match the pattern; note that this is different from a zero-length match. Note: If you want to locate a match anywhere in string, use search() instead.The optional second parameter pos gives an index in the string where the search is to start; it defaults to0. This is not completely equivalent to slicing the string; the''pattern character matches at the real beginning of the string and at positions just after a newline, but not necessarily at the index where the search is to start.The optional parameter endpos limits how far the string will be searched; it will be as if the string is endpos characters long, so only the characters from pos to endpos will be searched for a match.
- split (string[, maxsplit
= 0]) - Identical to the split() function, using the compiled pattern.
- findall (string)
- Identical to the findall() function, using the compiled pattern.
- sub (repl, string[, count
= 0]) - Identical to the sub() function, using the compiled pattern.
- subn (repl, string[, count
= 0]) - Identical to the subn() function, using the compiled pattern.
- flags
- The flags argument used when the regex object was compiled, or
0if no flags were provided.
- groupindex
- A dictionary mapping any symbolic group names defined by (?P<id>) to group numbers. The dictionary is empty if no symbolic groups were used in the pattern.
- pattern
- The pattern string from which the regex object was compiled.
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