Unable to match currency symbols using python regex

Question

l_test_word = 'in €'
print(l_test_word)

if re.match(pattern=r'[£$€]+', string=l_test_word):

    print("Match")
else:

    print("No Match")

I am trying to match if a string contains curency symbols. The code snippet above when runs returning "No Match". Unable to figure out why? I am using python 2.7.13. Thanks.

`re.match` only matches at the beginning of the string. – BcK Apr 27 '18 at 07:23 — BcK, Apr 27 '18 at 07:23

decadenza · Answer 1 · 2018-04-27T14:55:42.850

You're using match instead of search as Rakesh correctly said.

If you want to use match your code should be:

import re

l_test_word = 'in €'
print(l_test_word)

if re.match(pattern=r'.*?[£$€]+', string=l_test_word):

    print("Match")
else:

    print("No Match")

Note that I added .*? at the beginning of the pattern.

Cheers.

EDIT: Just to avoid a misunderstanding. Obviously this is not the best way to find a symbol like "€". re.search is better for searching, re.match is better to match a string from the beginning. The .*? is only a lazy workaround.

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