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	GH-98906 ``re` module: `search() vs. match()` section should mention `fullmatch()`` (GH-98916)
				
					
				
			Mention fullmatch along with search and match.
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			@ -1565,16 +1565,22 @@ search() vs. match()
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.. sectionauthor:: Fred L. Drake, Jr. <fdrake@acm.org>
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Python offers two different primitive operations based on regular expressions:
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:func:`re.match` checks for a match only at the beginning of the string, while
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:func:`re.search` checks for a match anywhere in the string (this is what Perl
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does by default).
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Python offers different primitive operations based on regular expressions:
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+ :func:`re.match` checks for a match only at the beginning of the string
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+ :func:`re.search` checks for a match anywhere in the string
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  (this is what Perl does by default)
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+ :func:`re.fullmatch` checks for entire string to be a match
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For example::
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   >>> re.match("c", "abcdef")    # No match
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   >>> re.search("c", "abcdef")   # Match
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   <re.Match object; span=(2, 3), match='c'>
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   >>> re.fullmatch("p.*n", "python") # Match
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   <re.Match object; span=(0, 6), match='python'>
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   >>> re.fullmatch("r.*n", "python") # No match
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Regular expressions beginning with ``'^'`` can be used with :func:`search` to
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restrict the match at the beginning of the string::
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			@ -1588,8 +1594,8 @@ Note however that in :const:`MULTILINE` mode :func:`match` only matches at the
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beginning of the string, whereas using :func:`search` with a regular expression
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beginning with ``'^'`` will match at the beginning of each line. ::
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   >>> re.match('X', 'A\nB\nX', re.MULTILINE)  # No match
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   >>> re.search('^X', 'A\nB\nX', re.MULTILINE)  # Match
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   >>> re.match("X", "A\nB\nX", re.MULTILINE)  # No match
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   >>> re.search("^X", "A\nB\nX", re.MULTILINE)  # Match
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   <re.Match object; span=(4, 5), match='X'>
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