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@@ -402,7 +402,7 @@ should store the result in a variable for later use. ::
>>> m = p.match('tempo')
>>> m #doctest: +ELLIPSIS
- <_sre.SRE_Match object at 0x...>
+ <_sre.SRE_Match object; span=(0, 5), match='tempo'>
Now you can query the :ref:`match object <match-objects>` for information
about the matching string. :ref:`match object <match-objects>` instances
@@ -441,7 +441,7 @@ case. ::
>>> print(p.match('::: message'))
None
>>> m = p.search('::: message'); print(m) #doctest: +ELLIPSIS
- <_sre.SRE_Match object at 0x...>
+ <_sre.SRE_Match object; span=(4, 11), match='message'>
>>> m.group()
'message'
>>> m.span()
@@ -493,7 +493,7 @@ the RE string added as the first argument, and still return either ``None`` or a
>>> print(re.match(r'From\s+', 'Fromage amk'))
None
>>> re.match(r'From\s+', 'From amk Thu May 14 19:12:10 1998') #doctest: +ELLIPSIS
- <_sre.SRE_Match object at 0x...>
+ <_sre.SRE_Match object; span=(0, 5), match='From '>
Under the hood, these functions simply create a pattern object for you
and call the appropriate method on it. They also store the compiled
@@ -685,7 +685,7 @@ given location, they can obviously be matched an infinite number of times.
line, the RE to use is ``^From``. ::
>>> print(re.search('^From', 'From Here to Eternity')) #doctest: +ELLIPSIS
- <_sre.SRE_Match object at 0x...>
+ <_sre.SRE_Match object; span=(0, 4), match='From'>
>>> print(re.search('^From', 'Reciting From Memory'))
None
@@ -697,11 +697,11 @@ given location, they can obviously be matched an infinite number of times.
or any location followed by a newline character. ::
>>> print(re.search('}$', '{block}')) #doctest: +ELLIPSIS
- <_sre.SRE_Match object at 0x...>
+ <_sre.SRE_Match object; span=(6, 7), match='}'>
>>> print(re.search('}$', '{block} '))
None
>>> print(re.search('}$', '{block}\n')) #doctest: +ELLIPSIS
- <_sre.SRE_Match object at 0x...>
+ <_sre.SRE_Match object; span=(6, 7), match='}'>
To match a literal ``'$'``, use ``\$`` or enclose it inside a character class,
as in ``[$]``.
@@ -726,7 +726,7 @@ given location, they can obviously be matched an infinite number of times.
>>> p = re.compile(r'\bclass\b')
>>> print(p.search('no class at all')) #doctest: +ELLIPSIS
- <_sre.SRE_Match object at 0x...>
+ <_sre.SRE_Match object; span=(3, 8), match='class'>
>>> print(p.search('the declassified algorithm'))
None
>>> print(p.search('one subclass is'))
@@ -744,7 +744,7 @@ given location, they can obviously be matched an infinite number of times.
>>> print(p.search('no class at all'))
None
>>> print(p.search('\b' + 'class' + '\b')) #doctest: +ELLIPSIS
- <_sre.SRE_Match object at 0x...>
+ <_sre.SRE_Match object; span=(0, 7), match='\x08class\x08'>
Second, inside a character class, where there's no use for this assertion,
``\b`` represents the backspace character, for compatibility with Python's