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GH-98906 re module: search() vs. match() section should mention fullmatch() #98916

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Expand Up @@ -1563,9 +1563,12 @@ search() vs. match()
.. sectionauthor:: Fred L. Drake, Jr. <fdrake@acm.org>

Python offers different primitive operations based on regular expressions:
:func:`re.match` checks for a match only at the beginning of the string,
:func:`re.fullmatch` checks for entire string to be a match. :func:`re.search`
checks for a match anywhere in the string (this is what Perl does by default).

+ :func:`re.search` checks for a match anywhere in the string,
(this is what Perl does by default)
+ :func:`re.fullmatch` checks for entire string to be a match
+ :func:`re.match` checks for a match only at the beginning of the string

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Please leave these in the order of match, then search, then fullmatch. That way the match the examples immediately below.



For example::

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