@@ -1446,15 +1446,15 @@ when there is no match, you can test whether there was a match with a simple
14461446 If a group is contained in a part of the pattern that matched multiple times,
14471447 the last match is returned. ::
14481448
1449- >>> m = re.search(r"\A(\w+) (\w+)", "Isaac Newton, physicist ")
1449+ >>> m = re.search(r"\A(\w+) (\w+)", "Norwegian Blue, pining for the fjords ")
14501450 >>> m.group(0) # The entire match
1451- 'Isaac Newton '
1451+ 'Norwegian Blue '
14521452 >>> m.group(1) # The first parenthesized subgroup.
1453- 'Isaac '
1453+ 'Norwegian '
14541454 >>> m.group(2) # The second parenthesized subgroup.
1455- 'Newton '
1455+ 'Blue '
14561456 >>> m.group(1, 2) # Multiple arguments give us a tuple.
1457- ('Isaac ', 'Newton ')
1457+ ('Norwegian ', 'Blue ')
14581458
14591459 If the regular expression uses the ``(?P<name>...) `` syntax, the *groupN *
14601460 arguments may also be strings identifying groups by their group name. If a
@@ -1463,18 +1463,18 @@ when there is no match, you can test whether there was a match with a simple
14631463
14641464 A moderately complicated example::
14651465
1466- >>> m = re.search(r"(?P<first_name >\w+) (?P<last_name >\w+)", "Malcolm Reynolds ")
1467- >>> m.group('first_name ')
1468- 'Malcolm '
1469- >>> m.group('last_name ')
1470- 'Reynolds '
1466+ >>> m = re.search(r"(?P<adjective >\w+) (?P<animal >\w+)", "killer rabbit ")
1467+ >>> m.group('adjective ')
1468+ 'killer '
1469+ >>> m.group('animal ')
1470+ 'rabbit '
14711471
14721472 Named groups can also be referred to by their index::
14731473
14741474 >>> m.group(1)
1475- 'Malcolm '
1475+ 'killer '
14761476 >>> m.group(2)
1477- 'Reynolds '
1477+ 'rabbit '
14781478
14791479 If a group matches multiple times, only the last match is accessible::
14801480
@@ -1488,21 +1488,21 @@ when there is no match, you can test whether there was a match with a simple
14881488 This is identical to ``m.group(g) ``. This allows easier access to
14891489 an individual group from a match::
14901490
1491- >>> m = re.search(r"(\w+) (\w+)", "Isaac Newton, physicist ")
1491+ >>> m = re.search(r"(\w+) (\w+)", "Norwegian Blue, pining for the fjords ")
14921492 >>> m[0] # The entire match
1493- 'Isaac Newton '
1493+ 'Norwegian Blue '
14941494 >>> m[1] # The first parenthesized subgroup.
1495- 'Isaac '
1495+ 'Norwegian '
14961496 >>> m[2] # The second parenthesized subgroup.
1497- 'Newton '
1497+ 'Blue '
14981498
14991499 Named groups are supported as well::
15001500
1501- >>> m = re.search(r"(?P<first_name >\w+) (?P<last_name >\w+)", "Isaac Newton ")
1502- >>> m['first_name ']
1503- 'Isaac '
1504- >>> m['last_name ']
1505- 'Newton '
1501+ >>> m = re.search(r"(?P<adjective >\w+) (?P<animal >\w+)", "killer rabbit ")
1502+ >>> m['adjective ']
1503+ 'killer '
1504+ >>> m['animal ']
1505+ 'rabbit '
15061506
15071507 .. versionadded :: 3.6
15081508
@@ -1536,9 +1536,9 @@ when there is no match, you can test whether there was a match with a simple
15361536 the subgroup name. The *default * argument is used for groups that did not
15371537 participate in the match; it defaults to ``None ``. For example::
15381538
1539- >>> m = re.search(r"(?P<first_name >\w+) (?P<last_name >\w+)", "Malcolm Reynolds ")
1539+ >>> m = re.search(r"(?P<adjective >\w+) (?P<animal >\w+)", "killer rabbit ")
15401540 >>> m.groupdict()
1541- {'first_name ': 'Malcolm ', 'last_name ': 'Reynolds '}
1541+ {'adjective ': 'killer ', 'animal ': 'rabbit '}
15421542
15431543
15441544.. method :: Match.start([group])
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