regex find initials in sentence

Question

I want to test if a string contains initials such as 'A.' or 'B. M.'.

Why is

    bool(re.search("\b[A-Z]\.\b", 'A.'))

returning False?

`r"\b[A-Z]\."`. Use a raw string literal. If you want to avoid matching `A.` in `A.Smith` you may use `r"\b[A-Z]\.(?!\w)"`. — Wiktor Stribiżew, Apr 17 '20 at 13:31

score 2 · Accepted Answer · answered Apr 17 '20 at 13:31

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You haven't any word boundary after the dot, just remove it from the pattern:

re.search(r"\b[A-Z]\.", 'A.')

answered Apr 17 '20 at 13:31

Toto

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