re.compile string code example

Example 1: python replace regex

import re
s = "Example String"
replaced = re.sub('[ES]', 'a', s)
print replaced 
# will print 'axample atring'

Example 2: regex findall

import re
# regex for finding mentions in a tweet
regex = r"(?<!RT\s)@\S+"
tweet = '@tony I am so over @got and @sarah is dead to me.'

# mentions = ['@tony', '@got', '@sarah'] 
mentions = re.findall(regex, tweet)

Example 3: regex in python

>>> import re
>>> p = re.compile('ab*')
>>> p
re.compile('ab*')