python re string starting with

Question

In the following string how to say that the line is starting with a digit or ending with a number or many

line="He is a German called Mayer12345"
re.compile(r".*\d+\w$")

line="12He is a German called Mayer"
re.compile(r"^\d+\w .*")

Answer 1

Just use the pipe, it's an or for regexes:

re.compile(r"(^\d+\w .*)|(.*\d+\w$)")