- \A
- \Z
- ^
- $
Anchors Other example
examples/regex/other_anchors.py
import re strings = [ "123-XYZ-456", "a 123-XYZ-456 b", "a 123-XYZ-456", "123-XYZ-456 b", "123-XYZ-456\n", ] regexes = [ r'\d{3}-\w+-\d{3}', r'^\d{3}-\w+-\d{3}', r'\d{3}-\w+-\d{3}$', r'^\d{3}-\w+-\d{3}$', r'^\d{3}-\w+-\d{3}\Z', r'\A\d{3}-\w+-\d{3}\Z', ] for r in regexes: print(r) for s in strings: #print(r, s) if (re.search(r, s)): print(' ', s) print('-' * 10)