Question

In my python code i want to pattern match a string for atleast two consecutive alphabets anywhere in the string.

I used, re.match(r'([a-zA-Z][a-zA-Z])+',str)

This matches a string for example ‘abc’, but does not match ‘1abc’. What is the mistake in my regex ?

Please Help
Thank You

Answer 1

The method match looks from the beginning of the string only. You should use search instead.

Also your regex is built to match an even amount of characters.

re.search(r'([a-zA-Z][a-zA-Z]+)',str)