Named Groups
Use (?P<name>...) to give groups names. Access them with match.group("name") or match.groupdict().
Python
Intermediate
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Named Capturing Groups
Example
import re
pattern = r"(?P<year>\d{4})-(?P<month>\d{2})-(?P<day>\d{2})"
m = re.search(pattern, "2024-07-15")
print(m.group("year")) # 2024
print(m.groupdict()) # {"year": "2024", "month": "07", "day": "15"} Pro Tip
Named groups make your regex self-documenting.