Question

How to to get words start with specific character from a string with regular expression in Python

Answer 1

import re     
 
s = 'python xyx 234 aa4!@!4XY. paaAyyy984a ABCa-xYxx3yYa java aa.'   
pattern = r'\bp\w+'  # words start with 'p'
 
for match in re.findall(pattern, s):         
    print('Found: {!r}'.format(match))
     
     
'''
run:
 
Found: 'python'
Found: 'paaAyyy984a'
 
'''

 

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