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diff --git a/Doc/howto/regex.rst b/Doc/howto/regex.rst index d385d99..d574c37 100644 --- a/Doc/howto/regex.rst +++ b/Doc/howto/regex.rst @@ -942,6 +942,13 @@ given numbers, so you can retrieve information about a group in two ways:: >>> m.group(1) 'Lots' +Additionally, you can retrieve named groups as a dictionary with +:meth:`~re.Match.groupdict`:: + + >>> m = re.match(r'(?P<first>\w+) (?P<last>\w+)', 'Jane Doe') + >>> m.groupdict() + {'first': 'Jane', 'last': 'Doe'} + Named groups are handy because they let you use easily-remembered names, instead of having to remember numbers. Here's an example RE from the :mod:`imaplib` module:: |