Function search

Lib/re/__init__.py:176–179

Scan through string looking for a match to the pattern, returning a Match object, or None if no match was found.

(pattern, string, flags=0)

    return _compile(pattern, flags).fullmatch(string)

def search(pattern, string, flags=0):
    """Scan through string looking for a match to the pattern, returning
    a Match object, or None if no match was found."""
    return _compile(pattern, flags).search(string)

class _ZeroSentinel(int):
    pass