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9 Python Regex Group Functions

The document discusses Python regex group functions including the group() method to retrieve matched groups by name and the groupdict() method to return a dictionary of matched groups. It provides an example of using named groups and printing the matches, as well as an example of using groupdict() to return a dictionary of matches.

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9 Python Regex Group Functions

The document discusses Python regex group functions including the group() method to retrieve matched groups by name and the groupdict() method to return a dictionary of matched groups. It provides an example of using named groups and printing the matches, as well as an example of using groupdict() to return a dictionary of matches.

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Python regex `group` functions

Python Regex group() function explained with examples: named groups and groupdict.

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• Group dictionary Groupdict

A regular expression can have named groups. This makes it easier to retrieve
those groups after calling match() . But it makes the pattern more complex.

Following example shows a named group ( first and last ).

#!/usr/bin/python
import re

# A string.
name = "Learn Scientific"

# Match with named groups.


m = re.match("(?P<first>\w+)\W+(?P<last>\w+)", name)

# Print groups using names as id.


if m:
print(m.group("first"))
print(m.group("last"))

We can get the first name with the string “first” and the group() method. We
use “last” for the last name.

Group dictionary Groupdict #


A regular expression with named groups can fill a dictionary. This is done
with the groupdict() method. In the dictionary, each group name is a key and
Each value is the data matched by the regular expression. So we receive a key-
value store based on groups.

import re

name = "Scientific Python"

# Match names.
m = re.match("(?P<first>\w+)\W+(?P<last>\w+)", name)

if m:
# Get dict.
d = m.groupdict()

# Loop over dictionary with for-loop.


for t in d:
print(" key:", t)
print("value:", d[t])

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