Question

How to matches all occurrences and indexes of a pattern in a string using regex in Python

Answer 1

import re

s = "oxiply php axesly c++ foxly python java"

for m in re.finditer(r"\w+ly", s):
    print('%02d-%02d: %s' % (m.start(), m.end(), m.group(0)))

 
 
   
'''
run:
   
00-06: oxiply
11-17: axesly
22-27: foxly
   
'''

 

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Answer 2

import re

s = "oxlip php axles c++ foxly python java"

for m in re.finditer(r"\w+xl", s):
    print('%02d-%02d: %s' % (m.start(), m.end(), m.group(0)))

 
 
   
'''
run:
   
00-03: oxl
10-13: axl
20-24: foxl
   
'''

 

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