> > > > Well, match objects already accept subscripting as an alternative to > .group(), so: > > re.search(...)[0] >
The semantics are not the same as those of: re.findall(...)[0] Subscripting a Match object will yield the match for a single group, which is always a string, while the first element in the list returned by *findall()* will be a tuple if several groups matched. As others have pointed out, there is an asymmetry in the library regarding Match-return and string/tuple-return functions, and that leads to *findal(...)[0].* -- Juancarlo *Añez*
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