Problem: I need to display the number of times my regex has matched.
Solution: No Problem! Use the len (abbrev. for length) function:
import re
>>> regex = re.compile(r”your pattern here…*”)
>>> match = regex.findall(”the contents…”)
>>> len(match)
10
That’s It!
On a side note, you can also use len to count the number of characters in a string.
Some links that you might find useful [External]:>>> text = “All your base…”
>>> len(text)
16
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