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The :class:`RegexObject` class supports the following methods and attributes:
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.. method:: RegexObject.match(string[, pos[, endpos]])
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If zero or more characters at the beginning of *string* match this regular
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expression, return a corresponding :class:`MatchObject` instance. Return
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``None`` if the string does not match the pattern; note that this is different
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from a zero-length match.
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If you want to locate a match anywhere in *string*, use
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:meth:`~RegexObject.search` instead.
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.. method:: RegexObject.search(string[, pos[, endpos]])
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Scan through *string* looking for a location where this regular expression
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produces a match, and return a corresponding :class:`MatchObject` instance.
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Return ``None`` if no position in the string matches the pattern; note that this
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is different from finding a zero-length match at some point in the string.
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The optional second parameter *pos* gives an index in the string where the
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search is to start; it defaults to ``0``. This is not completely equivalent to
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will be as if the string is *endpos* characters long, so only the characters
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from *pos* to ``endpos - 1`` will be searched for a match. If *endpos* is less
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than *pos*, no match will be found, otherwise, if *rx* is a compiled regular
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expression object, ``rx.match(string, 0, 50)`` is equivalent to
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``rx.match(string[:50], 0)``.
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>>> pattern = re.compile("o")
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>>> pattern.match("dog") # No match as "o" is not at the start of "dog."
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>>> pattern.match("dog", 1) # Match as "o" is the 2nd character of "dog".
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<_sre.SRE_Match object at ...>
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.. method:: RegexObject.search(string[, pos[, endpos]])
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Scan through *string* looking for a location where this regular expression
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produces a match, and return a corresponding :class:`MatchObject` instance.
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Return ``None`` if no position in the string matches the pattern; note that this
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is different from finding a zero-length match at some point in the string.
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expression object, ``rx.search(string, 0, 50)`` is equivalent to
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``rx.search(string[:50], 0)``.
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>>> pattern = re.compile("d")
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>>> pattern.search("dog") # Match at index 0
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<_sre.SRE_Match object at ...>
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>>> pattern.search("dog", 1) # No match; search doesn't include the "d"
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.. method:: RegexObject.match(string[, pos[, endpos]])
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If zero or more characters at the *beginning* of *string* match this regular
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expression, return a corresponding :class:`MatchObject` instance. Return
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``None`` if the string does not match the pattern; note that this is different
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from a zero-length match.
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The optional *pos* and *endpos* parameters have the same meaning as for the
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:meth:`~RegexObject.match` method.
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:meth:`~RegexObject.search` method.
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>>> pattern = re.compile("o")
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>>> pattern.match("dog") # No match as "o" is not at the start of "dog".
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<_sre.SRE_Match object at ...>
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.. method:: RegexObject.split(string[, maxsplit=0])
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