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Asked: 2026-06-04T09:00:34+00:00

Using the following from Python – Check If Word Is In A String >>>

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Using the following from Python – Check If Word Is In A String

>>> def findWholeWord(w):
...     return re.compile(r'\b({0})\b'.format(w), flags=re.IGNORECASE).search
... 
>>> findWholeWord('seek')('those who seek shall find')  
<_sre.SRE_Match object at 0x22c1828>
>>> findWholeWord('seek') 
<built-in method search of _sre.SRE_Pattern object at 0x22b8190>
>>> findWholeWord('seek')('those who seek shall find')  
<_sre.SRE_Match object at 0x22c1828>
>>> findWholeWord('seek')('those who shall find')

Is this an error or this should be the result?

<_sre.SRE_Match object at 0x22c1828>
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  1. Editorial Team

    That match object is the result, and from that you have access to some more functions like

    ['__class__', '__copy__', '__deepcopy__', '__delattr__', '__doc__', '__format__'
, '__getattribute__', '__hash__', '__init__', '__new__', '__reduce__', '__reduce_ex__'
, '__repr__', '__setattr__', '__sizeof__', '__str__', '__subclasshook__','end', 'endpos'
, 'expand', 'group', 'groupdict', 'groups', 'lastgroup', 'lastindex', 'pos', 're'
, 'regs', 'span', 'start', 'string']

    so on the returned object you can for example do .span() to get the start and end index of the word you are looking for.

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