Not returning first match in a piped regex

Asked Nov 06 '18 at 18:36

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txt = 'Teena is Positive. Sara is Negative'
reg = re.compile(r'(Teena|Sara).*(Positive|Negative)')
result = re.search(reg, txt).group(1)
print(result)

This returns 'Negative' while I expected 'Positive'. I assumed that the first match is returned. What am I doing wrong??

asked Nov 06 '18 at 18:36

dratoms

Use [`r'(Teena|Sara).*?(Positive|Negative)'`](https://regex101.com/r/xBV8i4/2). `.group(2)` will return `Positive` then. – Wiktor Stribiżew Nov 06 '18 at 18:37
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For me, it returns `'Teena'`. – Austin Nov 06 '18 at 18:38
Thank you. I didn't realise that this was asked earlier. Apologies. You saved my day. – dratoms Nov 06 '18 at 18:41

Not returning first match in a piped regex

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