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Asked: 2026-05-22T01:44:43+00:00

How can I match something like AB|CD|EF followed by 12|34 and get, for instance,

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How can I match something like "AB|CD|EF" followed by "12|34" and get, for instance, "AB12" back? If the string was "zzAB34zz" I’d get "AB34", "zzABCD12" and get "CD12", etc?

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  1. Editorial Team

    No need for named groups here, really:

    import re
re.search('(AB|CD|EF)(12|34)', 'zzAB34zz').group()
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