5.5. Regexp Compare

5.5.1. Examples

Comparison between re.match(), re.search() and re.findall():

import re


PATTERN = r'[A-Z]{2,10}-[0-9]{1,6}'
DATA = 'MYPROJ-1337, MYPROJ-997 removed obsolete comments'

re.findall(PATTERN, DATA)           # ['MYPROJ-1337', 'MYPROJ-997']
re.search(PATTERN, DATA).group()    # 'MYPROJ-1337'
re.match(PATTERN, DATA)             # None