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        | Function for searching a pattern in ANYWHERE in a string |  | Definition 
 
        | re.search(pattern, string) |  | 
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        | Function for searching a pattern in an EXACT string |  | Definition 
 
        | re.match(pattern, string) |  | 
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        | Function for retrieving the exact pattern in the string |  | Definition 
 
        | m = re.search(pattern, string) m.group()
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        | Function for retrieving the start position of the regular expression in a string |  | Definition 
 
        | m = re.search(pattern, string) m.start()
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        | Function for retrieving the end position of the regular expression in a string |  | Definition 
 
        | m = re.search(pattern, string) m.end()
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        | Function for searching multiple expression matches in a string |  | Definition 
 
        | re.finditer(pattern, string) |  | 
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        | Function for retrieving multiple expression matches in a string |  | Definition 
 
        | re.findall(pattern, string) |  | 
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        | Functions for splitting a string into segments, excluding a pattern |  | Definition 
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