import re m = re.search(r"a+", "caaab") assert m.group(0) == "aaa" assert m.group() == "aaa" m = re.match(r"(?ms)foo.*\Z", "foo\nbar") assert m.group(0) == "foo\nbar" assert re.match(r"a+", "caaab") is None m = re.match(r"a+", "aaaab") assert m.group(0) == "aaaa" assert re.sub("a", "z", "caaab") == "czzzb" assert re.sub("a+", "z", "caaab") == "czb" assert re.sub("a", "z", "caaab", 1) == "czaab" assert re.sub("a", "z", "caaab", 2) == "czzab" assert re.sub("a", "z", "caaab", 10) == "czzzb" assert re.sub("a", lambda m: m.group(0) * 2, "caaab") == "caaaaaab" m = re.match(r"(\d+)\.(\d+)", "24.1632") assert m.groups() == ("24", "1632") assert m.group(2, 1) == ("1632", "24") assert re.escape(r"1243*&[]_dsfAd") == r"1243\*\&\[\]_dsfAd" assert re.split("x*", "foo") == ["foo"] assert re.split("(?m)^$", "foo\n\nbar\n") == ["foo\n\nbar\n"] assert re.split("\W+", "Words, words, words.") == ["Words", "words", "words", ""] assert re.split("(\W+)", "Words, words, words.") == [ "Words", ", ", "words", ", ", "words", ".", "", ] assert re.split("\W+", "Words, words, words.", 1) == ["Words", "words, words."] assert re.split("[a-f]+", "0a3B9", flags=re.IGNORECASE) == ["0", "3", "9"] assert re.split("(\W+)", "...words, words...") == ["", "...", "words", ", ", "words", "...", ""] assert re.sub(r"[ :/?&]", "_", "http://foo.ua/bar/?a=1&b=baz/") == "http___foo.ua_bar__a=1_b=baz_" text = "He was carefully disguised but captured quickly by police." assert re.findall(r"\w+ly", text) == ["carefully", "quickly"] text = "He was carefully disguised but captured quickly by police." assert re.findall(r"(\w+)(ly)", text) == [("careful", "ly"), ("quick", "ly")] text = "He was carefully disguised but captured quickly by police." assert re.findall(r"(\w+)ly", text) == ["careful", "quick"] _leading_whitespace_re = re.compile("(^[ \t]*)(?:[^ \t\n])", re.MULTILINE) text = "\tfoo\n\tbar" indents = _leading_whitespace_re.findall(text) assert indents == ["\t", "\t"] text = " \thello there\n \t how are you?" indents = _leading_whitespace_re.findall(text) assert indents == [" \t", " \t "]