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Say I have the following regular expression and searches

e = r"(?P<int>\d+)|(?P<alpha_num>\w)" num = re.search(e, "123z") letter = re.search(e, "z123")

I know that num.group("int") gives 123 and num.group("alpha_num") gives None. Similarly letter.group("int") give None and letter.group("alpha_num") give z

However, what I want is a way to get the "named category" for an arbitrary match. So if I have an arbitrary match, say new_match, I could call new_match.named_category() and it would return "int" or "alpha_num" depending on how it matched.

Does any such command exist or do I have to create my own?

Thanks!

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For the specific example in your question, you can use lastgroup:

>>> import re >>> e = r"(?P<int>\d+)|(?P<alpha_num>\w)" >>> num = re.search(e, "123z") >>> letter = re.search(e, "z123") >>> num.lastgroup 'int' >>> letter.lastgroup 'alpha_num'
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Good answer, forgot about lastgroup.

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