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Or Operator In Regular Expression In Python

In this article, we will discuss the or ("|") operators in regular expressions in Python.

Purpose

In regular expressions, or ("|") operators match the two or more patterns with the string. If any of the patterns matches then returns true.

Example

import re


pattern = "^\d|\d$"


text1 = r"sdasdasd345"
text2 = r"111sdasdasd"

print("text1 ends with number:", re.search(pattern, text1))
print("text2 ends with number:", re.search(pattern, text2))

Output

Posted By -	Karan Gupta

Posted On -	Thursday, July 9, 2020

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