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python re return index of match

Laveshka answered on May 11, 2022 Popularity 7/10 Helpfulness 2/10

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python re return index of match

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import re

target_string = "Emma is a basketball player who was born on June 17, 1993"
# match method with pattern and target string using match()
result = re.match(r"\w{10}", target_string)
# printing  match
print("Match: ", result) # None

# using search()
result = re.search(r"\w{10}", target_string)
# printing match
print("Match value: ", result.group()) # basketball
print("Match starts at", result.start()) # index 10

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