Version: 0.5.6

regex

replace

replace(string: str, pattern: str, replace: str, count=0) -> str

Return the string obtained by replacing the leftmost non-overlapping occurrences of the pattern in string by the replacement.

match(string: str, pattern: str) -> bool

Try to apply the pattern at the start of the string, returning a bool value True if any match was found, or False if no match was found.

compile(pattern: str) -> bool

Compile a regular expression pattern, returning a bool value denoting whether the pattern is valid.

findall(string: str, pattern: str) -> List[str]

Return a list of all non-overlapping matches in the string.

search(string: str, pattern: str) -> bool

Scan through string looking for a match to the pattern, returning a bool value True if any match was found, or False if no match was found.

split(string: str, pattern: str, maxsplit=0) -> List[str]

Return a list composed of words from the string, splitting up to a maximum of maxsplit times using pattern as the separator.