I have this regex
But running it in the python2.7 it gives None, why is that?
>>> fo = re.match('\.(\d+)\.', '/players/player.34360.html')
>>> type(fo)
<type 'NoneType'>
>>>
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Tjorriemorrie
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http://stackoverflow.com/questions/180986/what-is-the-difference-between-pythons-re-search-and-re-match – Mazdak Apr 20 '15 at 13:22
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re.match() only matches at the beginning of the string. Use re.search:
fo = re.search(r'\.(\d+)\.', r'/players/player.34360.html')
A hint: in regex101.com, you can get code snippets in Python, PHP and JavaScript, by clicking on the code generator link on the left. You could see at once that for Python, you should use search.
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When you want to match something at the beginning of the string, but do not want to use `^` in the pattern itself, as perhaps, you will need to use the regex later to search for all occurrences. – Wiktor Stribiżew Apr 20 '15 at 14:28