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Check if string matches pattern

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00:00 Check If String Matches Pattern
00:23 Accepted Answer Score 710
00:30 Answer 2 Score 391
00:47 Answer 3 Score 58
00:59 Answer 4 Score 32
01:08 Answer 5 Score 26
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ACCEPTED ANSWER

Score 712


import re
pattern = re.compile("^([A-Z][0-9]+)+$")
pattern.match(string)



ANSWER 2

Score 391


One-liner: re.match(r"pattern", string) # No need to compile

import re
>>> if re.match(r"hello[0-9]+", 'hello1'):
...     print('Yes')
... 
Yes

You can evaluate it as bool if needed

>>> bool(re.match(r"hello[0-9]+", 'hello1'))
True



ANSWER 3

Score 58


Please try the following:

import re

name = ["A1B1", "djdd", "B2C4", "C2H2", "jdoi","1A4V"]

# Match names.
for element in name:
     m = re.match("(^[A-Z]\d[A-Z]\d)", element)
     if m:
        print(m.groups())



ANSWER 4

Score 32


import re
import sys

prog = re.compile('([A-Z]\d+)+')

while True:
  line = sys.stdin.readline()
  if not line: break

  if prog.match(line):
    print 'matched'
  else:
    print 'not matched'