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How does re.match(pattern, s) differ from re.search(pattern, s)?
re.match(pattern, s)
re.search(pattern, s)
re.match returns a boolean; re.search returns a match object
re.match
re.search
match requires the pattern to match at the start of the string; search finds the first match anywhere in the string
match
search
They behave identically — re.match is just a faster alias for re.search