Converting Perl Regex to Python!

[Miloslav Nic]

Examples in Zvon Regular expression reference:
http://zvon.org/other/reReference/Output/index.html

 are generated with Python, on the basic level with the re module 
there is no difference

thelocust at my-deja.com wrote:
> 
> I'm working on porting a program from Perl to Python, and i'm to a
> point where I need to convert their Perl regex stuff over to python.
> Now, I understand what is going on in the Perl if statement below, but
> i haven't seen to many good examples of regex stuff for Python, so i'm
> hurting for an translation
> 
> The string i need to grab the info from looks like this:
> 
> MSG notify timecode [00:00:00:00]
> 
> if ($msg =~ /^MSG notify timecode \[(\d\d:\d\d:\d\d):\d\d\]/) {
>     $cajun->{state_clock}=$1;
>     }
> 
> So, how exactly do i convert this to python?
> 
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