What is the difference between matchObj.group() and matchObj.group(0)
rxjwg98 at gmail.com
rxjwg98 at gmail.com
Sun Jul 6 14:26:14 EDT 2014
Hi,
I cannot get the difference between matchObj.group() and matchObj.group(0),
Although there definitions are obvious different. And group() mentions 'tuple'.
tuple means all the elements in line object?
Match Object Methods
Description
group(num=0) This method returns entire match (or specific subgroup num)
groups() This method returns all matching subgroups in a tuple
(empty if there weren't any)
I run the following code. Even I add more words to line object, Both have the
same output.
Could you clarify this question?
Thanks again.
#!/usr/bin/python
import re
line = "Cats are smarter than dogs"
matchObj = re.match( r'(.*) are (.*?) .*', line, re.M|re.I)
if matchObj:
print "matchObj.group() : ", matchObj.group()
print "matchObj.group(1) : ", matchObj.group(1)
print "matchObj.group(2) : ", matchObj.group(2)
else:
print "No match!!"
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