diff --git a/Doc/library/re.rst b/Doc/library/re.rst index d099f383d12060f7b4ca08aa4c659eafc19dcc11..1b9a7b63ef5e1bb2e898f17376c56dd994ebd6b6 100644 --- a/Doc/library/re.rst +++ b/Doc/library/re.rst @@ -1327,6 +1327,14 @@ Match objects support the following methods and attributes: >>> m[2] # The second parenthesized subgroup. 'Newton' + Named groups are supported as well:: + + >>> m = re.match(r"(?P<first_name>\w+) (?P<last_name>\w+)", "Isaac Newton") + >>> m['first_name'] + 'Isaac' + >>> m['last_name'] + 'Newton' + .. versionadded:: 3.6