capturing group regex python code example

Example 1: python regex search group

>>> m = re.match(r"(\w+) (\w+)", "Isaac Newton, physicist")
>>> m[0]       # The entire match
'Isaac Newton'
>>> m[1]       # The first parenthesized subgroup.
'Isaac'
>>> m[2]       # The second parenthesized subgroup.
'Newton'

Example 2: python named group regex example

>>> re.search(r'(?P<name>[^-]+)-(?P<ver>\d.\d.\d-\d+).tar.gz', 'package_name-1.2.3-2004.tar.gz').groupdict()
{'name': 'package_name', 'ver': '1.2.3-2004'}