Regular Expression Matching

• Matching at the beginning of strings

  • Syntax: math_object = re.match(string)
  • E.g.
    >>> import re
    >>> regex = re.compile('key')
    >>> match = regex.match("I have a key")
    >>> print match
    None
    >>> match = regex.match("keys open doors")
    >>> print match
    <_sre.SRE_Match object at 0x009B6068>

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