regex.match找不到子字符串？

Question

I have some python code where I'm trying to parse out a specific section of a string so that I can grab a list of usernames. I think I have the regex down (I tested it online and it appears to work) but when I run my test code, it doesn't seem to actually grab what I need, as I get an error:

if parsed_mod_string.group(1):
AttributeError: 'NoneType' object has no attribute 'group'

Which I'm understanding as basically, my code isn't returning anything with my regex comparison. My code is below, could someone help me identify where I went wrong?

import re
MOD_LIST_MSG = re.compile(r":\w+\.\w+\.\w+ NOTICE #\w+ :The moderators of this room are:(.*)")

test_msg = ":tmi.twitch.tv CAP * ACK :twitch.tv/commands\r\n:tmi.twitch.tv NOTICE #secondubly :The moderators of this room are: mod1, mod2, mod3, mod4\r\n"

parsed_mod_string = MOD_LIST_MSG.match(test_msg)
if parsed_mod_string.group(1):
    mod_list = parsed_mod_string.group(1).split(', ')
    print(mod_list)

Answer 1

Per the documentation re.match :

If zero or more characters at the beginning of string match the regular expression..

That is, re.match is an "anchored" search function.

Compare this to re.search :

Scan through string looking for the first location where [the pattern matches..]