python re.match与re.search的区别

时间:2022-06-24 04:14:09

re.match只匹配字符串的开始,如果字符串开始不符合正则表达式,则匹配失败,函数返回None;而re.search匹配整个字符串,直到找到一个匹配。

 

#!/usr/bin/python
import re
 
line = "Cats are smarter than dogs";
 
matchObj = re.match( r'dogs', line, re.M|re.I)
if matchObj:
   print "match --> matchObj.group() : ", matchObj.group()
else:
   print "No match!!"
 
matchObj = re.search( r'dogs', line, re.M|re.I)
if matchObj:
   print "search --> matchObj.group() : ", matchObj.group()
else:
   print "No match!!"

以上实例运行结果如下:

 

No match!!
search --> matchObj.group() :  dogs