Python Programs - Regular Expressions - Match Function

• #!/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!!"

• Output

  matchObj.group(): Cats are
  matchObj.group(1) : Cats
  matchObj.group(2) :