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Pattern.prefixmatch

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method of Pattern · Added in 3.15
  • Pattern.prefixmatch(string[, pos[, endpos]])
Matches zero or more characters at the beginning of the string.
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1 Example
>>> pattern = re.compile("o")
>>> pattern.prefixmatch("dog")     # No match as "o" is not at the start of "dog".
>>> pattern.prefixmatch("dog", 1)  # Match as "o" is the 2nd character of "dog".
<re.Match object; span=(1, 2), match='o'>
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