Python regex to match a specific word
I want to match all lines in a test report, which contain words 'Not Ok'. Example line of text :
'Test result 1: Not Ok -31.08'
I tried this:
filter1 = re.compile("Not Ok")
for line in myfile:
if filter1.match(line):
print line
which should work according to http://rubular.com/, but I get nothing at the output. Any idea, what might be wrong? Tested various other parameters, like "." and "^Test" , which work perfectly.
Answer
You should use re.search here not re.match.
From the docs on re.match:
If you want to locate a match anywhere in string, use search() instead.
If you're looking for the exact word 'Not Ok' then use \b word boundaries, otherwise
if you're only looking for a substring 'Not Ok' then use simple : if 'Not Ok' in string.
>>> strs = 'Test result 1: Not Ok -31.08'
>>> re.search(r'\bNot Ok\b',strs).group(0)
'Not Ok'
>>> match = re.search(r'\bNot Ok\b',strs)
>>> if match:
... print "Found"
... else:
... print "Not Found"
...
Found