Python regex `match` vs. `search` functions
Difference between Python regex match() and search() function!
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Python Matching Versus Searching #
We have learned so far that Python offers two different primitive operations:
match
search
So, how they are different to each other?
Note that match
checks for a match only at the beginning of a string, while search
checks for a match anywhere in the string!
Example 1 #
Let’s try to find the word Python
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