Basic re module usage to find text strings

regex-example.py

# Import re for working with regular expressions
import re

# Provide some text to search
# 'Hipster ipsum' via https://hipsum.co/
text = "Lorem ipsum dolor amet selfies williamsburg tattooed ethical wolf cloud bread. Cronut marfa heirloom pour-over. Jean shorts aesthetic before they sold out, yr subway tile kale chips occupy. Banjo lomo af, meditation roof party cronut vape glossier."

# Search for a specific phrase
# Returns a 'match' object
# More info here: https://www.w3schools.com/python/python_regex.asp#matchobject
x = re.search("Jean shorts", text)
print(x)
# <_sre.SRE_Match object; span=(112, 123), match='Jean shorts'>

x.span()  # start and end location of match
# (112, 123)

# Simpler alternative: return a list containing matches
y = re.findall("Jean shorts", text)
print(y)
# ['Jean shorts']