How to use the regular expression functions provided by the ‘re’ library to match, search, and replace text in your Python programs.

We indicate regular expressions in the text using bold, show where they match using underlining, and show captures using shading. Python’s Regular Expression Language In this section we look at the ...

Does anyone know of how to get the same behavior as in the Python implementation? Also, any suggestions on how to make the regular expressions "better" would be much appreciated.

The code is surprisingly short, but don’t expect all the bells and whistles you might find in Python or even Perl. In the hands of the skilled, regular expressions are very powerful and offer a ...

If you work with text, you owe it to yourself to learn regular expressions, and Patterns can help you do that--as well as figure out exactly what your search patterns are capturing.