re.match只匹配字符串的开始,如果字符串开始不符合正则表达式,则匹配失败,函数返回None;而re.search匹配整个字符串,直到找到一个匹配。
#!/usr/bin/python import re line = "Cats are smarter than dogs"; matchObj = re.match( r'dogs', line, re.M|re.I) if matchObj: print "match --> matchObj.group() : ", matchObj.group() else: print "No match!!" matchObj = re.search( r'dogs', line, re.M|re.I) if matchObj: print "search --> matchObj.group() : ", matchObj.group() else: print "No match!!"
以上实例运行结果如下:
No match!! search --> matchObj.group() : dogs