Question

What does the function re.search do?

(a) matches a pattern at the start of the string

(b) matches a pattern at any position in the string

(c) such a function does not exist

(d) none of the mentioned

I had been asked this question in class test.

The above asked question is from Regular Expressions in division Regular Expressions and Files of Python

Answer 1

Correct choice is (b) matches a pattern at any position in the string

For explanation: It will look for the pattern at any position in the string.