regular expression match collection

[Steve Holden]

ajikoe at gmail.com wrote:

> Hello,
> 
> For example I have a string : "Halo by by by"
> Then I want to take and know the possition of every "by"
> how can I do it in python?
> 
> I tried to use:
> 
>   p = re.compile(r"by")
>   m = p.search("Helo by by by")
>   print m.group() # result "by"
>   print m.span()  # result (5,7)
> 
> How can I get the information of the other by ?
> 
> Sincerely Yours,
> Pujo Aji
> 
You need re.findall() (or, equivalently, the findall() method of an re).

regards
  Steve
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