Advanced Lesson 1
Regular Expressions
Chapter 2: Regular expression basics
Searching patterns
Now, let’s search for "morning" in "good morning josiah". Unfortunately the match() function does NOT find a match.
>>> greeting = "good morning josiah"
>>> query = "morning"
>>> match = re.match(query, greeting)
>>> print(match)
None
This is because match() tries to match a pattern at the beginning of a string (like in "morning josiah" earlier).
To match a pattern anywhere in the string, use search() instead.
>>> greeting = "good morning josiah"
>>> query = "morning"
>>> match = re.search(query, greeting)
>>> print(match)
<re.Match object; span=(5, 12), match='morning'>
So try to remember the difference between the two, and use the correct one for your needs!