When I'm debugging a regex I make the regex shorter and shorter to figure out what the problem is.
Try starting with re.compile(r'm') and then add the chars one by one seeing what happens as the string gets longer. Barry > On 19 Sep 2019, at 09:41, Pradeep Patra <smilesonisa...@gmail.com> wrote: > > I am using python 2.7.6 but I also tried on python 3.7.3. > > On Thursday, September 19, 2019, Pradeep Patra <smilesonisa...@gmail.com> > wrote: > >> Beginning of the string. But I tried removing that as well and it still >> could not find it. When I tested at www.regex101.com and it matched >> successfully whereas I may be wrong. Could you please help here? >> >> On Thursday, September 19, 2019, David <bouncingc...@gmail.com> wrote: >> >>> On Thu, 19 Sep 2019 at 17:51, Pradeep Patra <smilesonisa...@gmail.com> >>> wrote: >>>> >>>> pattern=re.compile(r'^my\-dog$') >>>> matches = re.search(mystr) >>>> >>>> In the above example both cases(match/not match) the matches returns >>> "None" >>> >>> Hi, do you know what the '^' character does in your pattern? >>> >> > -- > https://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list > -- https://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
