Python Regular Expression Examples: the Colon
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>>> import re>>> x = '\nBeneath the wide and starry sky, \nDig the grave and let me lie, \nGlad did I live and gladly die, \nAnd I lay me down with a will:\n\nThis be the verse you grave for me: \nHere he lies where he longed to be, \nHome is the sailor, home from sea, \nAnd the hunter home from the hill.\n\n-- "Requiem" by Robert Louis Stevenson\n\n'>>> y = re.compile('l(?:ie)')>>> z = re.search(y,x)>>> print z.group()lie>>> u = 'Four score and seven years ago, our forefathers...'>>> y = re.compile('a(?:[rg])')>>> z = re.search(y,u)>>> print z.group()ar>>> y = re.compile('a(?:[rg]).*(?P<another>for(?:e))')>>> z = re.search(y,u)>>> print z.group()ars ago, our fore>>> print z.group(0)ars ago, our fore>>> print z.group(1)fore>>> print z.groups()('fore',)>>> print z.group('another')fore Back to the main index of this glossary
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