# Fig. 27.12: fig27_12.py
# Program searches a string using the regular expression module.

import re

searchString = "Testing pattern matches"

expression1 = re.compile( r"Test" )
expression2 = re.compile( r"^Test" )
expression3 = re.compile( r"Test$" )
expression4 = re.compile( r"\b\w*es\b" )

if expression1.match( searchString ):
   print '"Test" was found.'
   
if expression2.match( searchString ):
   print '"Test" was found at the beginning of the line.'

if expression3.match( searchString ):
   print '"Test" was found at the end of the line.'
   
result = re.findall( expression4, searchString )

if result:
   print 'There are %d words(s) ending in "es":' % \
   ( len( result ) ),
   
   for item in result:
      print " " + item,

print


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