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How to match at the beginning of string in python using Regular Expression?
The following code matches the word 'cheer' at the beginning of the string ' cheer leaders at the football stadium'
^-matches the beginning of the string
Example
import re s = 'cheer leaders at the football stadium' result = re.search(r'^\w+', s) print result.group()
Output
This gives the output
cheer
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