regexp-example-two.py

import re

filecontents = ["Matt Purple 4", "Jan Green", "Gary Orange 7"]

regex = re.compile("(\w+)\s+\w+\s+\d+")

for line in filecontents:
    r = regex.search(line)
    if r:
        print "Groups: " + str(r.groups())
        print "Matches: " + str(regex.findall(line))