daedae11 wrote:
import re
re.match("^hello", "hello")
re.match("hello", "hello")
Please give a string that matches RE "^hello" but does not match RE
"hello", or matches RE "hello" but does not match RE "^hello".
re.match always matches the beginning of the string, so
re.match("^hello", something)
re.match("hello", something)
are identical.
re.search will search anywhere in the string, not just the beginning, so:
re.search("^hello", something)
means "find the beginning of the string followed by h e l l o"
while
re.search("hello", something)
means "find h e l l o anywhere in the string".
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Steven
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