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Extracting_match_object_values.py
import re
DNA = 'GAGCGCTAGCCAAA'
match = re.search('AAA', DNA)
print(match.start())
#11
print(match.end())
#14
print(match.span())
# (11,14)
print(match.group())
# AAA
# if we call the group method on the result of a regex search
# we get the portion of the string that matched the input string
# that matched the pattern
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