refer to python re search code example

Example 1: 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)

Example 2: regex in python

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