Match groups in Python

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You could create a little class that returns the boolean result of calling match, and retains the matched groups for subsequent retrieval:

import re

class REMatcher(object):
    def __init__(self, matchstring):
        self.matchstring = matchstring

    def match(self,regexp):
        self.rematch = re.match(regexp, self.matchstring)
        return bool(self.rematch)

    def group(self,i):
        return self.rematch.group(i)


for statement in ("I love Mary", 
                  "Ich liebe Margot", 
                  "Je t'aime Marie", 
                  "Te amo Maria"):

    m = REMatcher(statement)

    if m.match(r"I love (\w+)"): 
        print "He loves",m.group(1) 

    elif m.match(r"Ich liebe (\w+)"):
        print "Er liebt",m.group(1) 

    elif m.match(r"Je t'aime (\w+)"):
        print "Il aime",m.group(1) 

    else: 
        print "???"

Update for Python 3 print as a function, and Python 3.8 assignment expressions – no need for a REMatcher class now:

import re

for statement in ("I love Mary",
                  "Ich liebe Margot",
                  "Je t'aime Marie",
                  "Te amo Maria"):

    if m := re.match(r"I love (\w+)", statement):
        print("He loves", m.group(1))

    elif m := re.match(r"Ich liebe (\w+)", statement):
        print("Er liebt", m.group(1))

    elif m := re.match(r"Je t'aime (\w+)", statement):
        print("Il aime", m.group(1))

    else:
        print()

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