python-regexHow to get all matches from a regex in Python?

To get all matches from a regex in Python, you can use the re.findall() function. This function takes two arguments: the pattern to search for and the string to search in. It returns a list of all matches found.

Example code

import re

string = "The quick brown fox jumps over the lazy dog"
pattern = r"\w+"

matches = re.findall(pattern, string)
print(matches)

Output example

['The', 'quick', 'brown', 'fox', 'jumps', 'over', 'the', 'lazy', 'dog']

Code explanation

• import re: imports the re module which contains the findall() function.
• string = "The quick brown fox jumps over the lazy dog": defines the string to search in.
• pattern = r"\w+": defines the pattern to search for.
• matches = re.findall(pattern, string): calls the findall() function to search for the pattern in the string and store the matches in the matches variable.
• print(matches): prints the matches found.

Helpful links

• Python Regular Expressions
• re.findall()

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