re.search & re.match

Find a pattern anywhere in a string.

Use re.search to find the first match anywhere, re.match to anchor at the start.

import re
m = re.search(r"\d+", "order 1234 shipped")
print(m.group())  # 1234

Common metacharacters: \d digit, \w word char, \s whitespace, + one-or-more, * zero-or-more, ? optional.

main.py

Output

Press Run to execute.

Expected output

555-1234