Python regexp not working with string containing apostrophes-CodePudding

So I have a string that looks like this:

"greeting = 'hello;'"

and I try to match this regexp to it:

"**'.*;.\*'"**

so that it detects that there is a ; char inside of two apostrophes on both sides. When I simply try this out on regex101.com it works, but when I copy paste this to python it doesn't -

g = re.match("'**.\*;.\***'", "greeting = 'hello;'")

returns None

but simply putting '**.\*;.***' into regex on regex101 and greeting = 'hello;' into the text field there works (matches 'hello;' as intended). How is this possible? How to fix this, so that it is correctly detected in Python also?

CodePudding user response：

re.match has to match from the beginning of the string. re.search will match anywhere in the string.

CodePudding user response：

I think the issue is with your pattern for the regex, here's a good guide on the syntax: regex Here's my example that finds your word:

import re
string = "'hello;'"

print(string)
if re.match("'\w ;'", string):
    print(string)

'hello;'
'hello;'