import re m = re.search(r"a+", "caaab") assert m.group(0) == "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", 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"