Equivalent of Javascript “match” in python

Question

I have a method for extracting all the "words" from a string in javascript:

mystring.toLowerCase().match(/[a-z]+/g);

I'd like to convert that same logic (create an array of "words" from my string), but in python. How can I achieve that?

Answer 1

Use findall() , which is similar to String.prototype.match() .

import re
regex = r"[a-z]+"
matches = re.findall(regex, strToScan)