Searching specific string using regex in python

Question

I have a string

import re
name = 'simranjeet kumar'

print (re.findall(r'^s.', name))

output: ['si']

But I am expecting ['simranjeet'],may I know why I am not getting simranjeet and why I am getting only ['si'] I mean string of length 2.

note, that findall is for matching all(multiple) occurrences of substring. — RomanPerekhrest
– RomanPerekhrest, Commented Nov 21, 2016 at 7:34

Fomalhaut · Accepted Answer · 2016-11-21 08:12:05Z

1

In regular expressions . means any ONE symbol. To extract MANY any symbols use + or *. You are extracting a word until the space. I would solve this task like this:

re.findall(r'^(.+?)\s', name)
# or
re.findall(r'^(s.+?)\s', name)
# or
re.findall(r'^(\S+)', name)
# or
re.findall(r'^(s\S+)', name)

\s means any space symbol. \S means any non-space symbol. See wikipedia for more information.

answered Nov 21, 2016 at 8:12

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