not whole string is shown 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 re compile
import re
# Compile a regular expression pattern into a regular expression object, which can be used for matching using its match(), search() and other methods, described below.
prog = re.compile(pattern)
result = prog.match(string)
# is equivalent to
result = re.match(pattern, string)