This works as expected. See https://docs.python.org/3/library/re.html
#search-vs-match .
** Changed in: python3-defaults (Ubuntu)
Status: New => Invalid
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Title:
re.match is anchored to the beginning of the string.
Status in python3-defaults package in Ubuntu:
Invalid
Bug description:
All matches, whether compiled or not, appear to be anchored to the beginning
of the target string.
Un-anchoring requires a beginning ".*" in the pattern
kevin@plato-x:/raid/917$ python3
Python 3.5.2 (default, Nov 17 2016, 17:05:23)
[GCC 5.4.0 20160609] on linux
Type "help", "copyright", "credits" or "license" for more information.
>>> import re
>>> a="ply03"
>>> re.match("ply",a)
<_sre.SRE_Match object; span=(0, 3), match='ply'>
>>> re.match(".*3",a)
<_sre.SRE_Match object; span=(0, 5), match='ply03'>
>>> re.match("3",a)
>>> re.match("[ly03]",a)
The last 2 should succeed, but don't.
ProblemType: Bug
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 16.04
Package: python3 3.5.1-3
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 4.4.0-57.78-generic 4.4.35
Uname: Linux 4.4.0-57-generic x86_64
NonfreeKernelModules: wl
ApportVersion: 2.20.1-0ubuntu2.4
Architecture: amd64
CurrentDesktop: XFCE
Date: Mon Jan 9 19:36:47 2017
InstallationDate: Installed on 2016-08-08 (154 days ago)
InstallationMedia: Xubuntu 16.04.1 LTS "Xenial Xerus" - Release amd64
(20160719)
SourcePackage: python3-defaults
UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install)
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