To Find data inside tag how to write REGEX Expression?-CodePudding

I need to find data inside tag:

data="<SHORT-NAME>WhlDist_Prtctd_PDU_PA_CAN_1_controller</SHORT-NAME>"

I tried this

print(re.search('<SHORT-NAME>("^WhlDist\w.*controller$")<\/\1>', data))

but output is "None", expected output is

WhlDist_Prtctd_PDU_PA_CAN_1_controller

CodePudding user response：

You need

match = re.search(r'<SHORT-NAME>(WhlDist\w controller)</SHORT-NAME>')
if match:
    print( match.group(1) )

Details:

<SHORT-NAME> - a fixed string
(WhlDist\w controller) - Group 1: WhlDist, one or more word chars, controller
</SHORT-NAME> - a fixed string.