[Python-checkins] gh-92727: Add example of named group in doc for re.Match.__getitem__ (#92730)
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https://github.com/python/cpython/commit/642d1fa81fed8ac260e1719013d77b9dfd93920f
commit: 642d1fa81fed8ac260e1719013d77b9dfd93920f
branch: main
author: Baptiste Mispelon <bmispelon at gmail.com>
committer: rhettinger <rhettinger at users.noreply.github.com>
date: 2022-05-28T13:11:08-05:00
summary:
gh-92727: Add example of named group in doc for re.Match.__getitem__ (#92730)
files:
M Doc/library/re.rst
diff --git a/Doc/library/re.rst b/Doc/library/re.rst
index d099f383d1206..1b9a7b63ef5e1 100644
--- a/Doc/library/re.rst
+++ b/Doc/library/re.rst
@@ -1327,6 +1327,14 @@ Match objects support the following methods and attributes:
>>> m[2] # The second parenthesized subgroup.
'Newton'
+ Named groups are supported as well::
+
+ >>> m = re.match(r"(?P<first_name>\w+) (?P<last_name>\w+)", "Isaac Newton")
+ >>> m['first_name']
+ 'Isaac'
+ >>> m['last_name']
+ 'Newton'
+
.. versionadded:: 3.6
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