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Issue #21593: Clarify that re.search() returns the first match

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Berker Peksag 2016-06-08 14:56:56 +03:00
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@ -811,8 +811,8 @@ attributes:
.. method:: regex.search(string[, pos[, endpos]]) .. method:: regex.search(string[, pos[, endpos]])
Scan through *string* looking for a location where this regular expression Scan through *string* looking for the first location where this regular
produces a match, and return a corresponding :ref:`match object expression produces a match, and return a corresponding :ref:`match object
<match-objects>`. Return ``None`` if no position in the string matches the <match-objects>`. Return ``None`` if no position in the string matches the
pattern; note that this is different from finding a zero-length match at some pattern; note that this is different from finding a zero-length match at some
point in the string. point in the string.