Steven D'Aprano added the comment:
re.match only matches at the start of the string. If you use re.search instead,
you will get the results you are expecting.
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nosy: +steven.daprano
resolution: -> not a bug
stage: -> resolved
status: open -> closed
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New submission from MaxR:
When I compile and match, for example:
pattern = re.compile(r"""([a-z]|\d)+$ # ends with letter or number
only""", re.VERBOSE | re.IGNORECASE)
print(re.match(pattern, 'abc'))
result is correct:
<_sre.SRE_Match object; span=(0, 3), match='abc'>
but then
