Chapter 19 – Python Regular Expression Part 2

 

Step 1

 

Open any text editor (gedit,pico,vi,nano) then enter the following python script and save the file with .py extension.

 

#!/usr/bin/python

#Author : Jijo K Jose

 

print "\n------------------------------------\nChapter 19 - Regular Expression 2 \n------------------------------------\n"

 

import re

match_str = "jijo k 50 JOSE"

search_str = "[a-z]+.*"

 

print "Input String : %s"%match_str

 

print "\n-----------------------------------\n"

 

reg1 = re.compile(search_str,re.IGNORECASE)

match = reg1.match(match_str)

 

print "Address Location : ",reg1.match(search_str)

print "Search string : ",search_str

print "Matched string : ",match.group()

 

print "\n-----------------------------------\n"

 

search_str = '[a-z]+\s[a-z]\s[0-9]+\s\w[A-Z]'

reg1 = re.compile(search_str)

match = reg1.match(match_str)

 

print "Search string : ",search_str

print "Matched string : ",match.group()

 

print "\n-----------------------------------\n"

 

#END

 

Step 2

 

Change file permission to executable using chmod command.

 

Step 3

 

Execute the python file.

 

 

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