Python (re)

Named Capture Group (Date) in PY

Demonstrate named capture groups by extracting year/month/day from ISO-style dates.

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Pattern

regexPY
(?<year>\d{4})-(?<month>\d{2})-(?<day>\d{2})   (flags: g)

Python (re) code

pyPython
import re

pattern = re.compile(r"(?<year>\d{4})-(?<month>\d{2})-(?<day>\d{2})")
input_text = "Born 1990-05-21, hired 2018-09-10"
for m in pattern.finditer(input_text):
    print(m.group(0))

Stdlib `re` module — no third-party dependency. Works on Python 3.6+.

How the pattern works

(?<year>\d{4}) captures four digits under the name 'year'; (?<month>\d{2}) and (?<day>\d{2}) likewise. Modern JS, Python 3.7+, and Go (with `(?P<...>)` syntax — JS-style is also accepted in Python 3.12+) all support this; the matched substring is accessible by name in code (e.g. m.groups.year in JS, m['year'] in Python).

Examples

Input

Born 1990-05-21, hired 2018-09-10

Matches

  • 1990-05-21
  • 2018-09-10

Input

Today is 2026-04-25

Matches

  • 2026-04-25

Input

no dates here

No match

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Same pattern, other engines

JavaScript / ECMAScript

Supported

See how this pattern looks (and behaves) in JavaScript's built-in RegExp.

Go (RE2)

Supported

See how this pattern looks (and behaves) in Go's `regexp` package (RE2 engine).

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