In Python, how do I return multiple matched sub strings from a string

Question

I have a problem where i need to search for email addresses in a long string. I need to return all the occurences of matches, and not only one.

I've tried:

def email():
    try:
        a = re.search(r'abc.{1,11}@xyz.co.za|[email protected]',string)
        return a.group(0)   
    except Exception:
        return 1

and

def email():
    try:
        a = re.search(r'abc.{1,11}@xyz.co.za' or '[email protected]',string)
        return a.group(0)   
    except Exception:
        return 1

and

def email():
    try:
        a = re.search('abc.{1,11}@xyz.co.za',string)
        b = re.search('[email protected]',string)
        return a.group(0),b.group(0)   
    except Exception:
        return 1

as well as other different combinations of this.

From the first script, I receive the first match of email address. From the second script I receive only one match From the third script i receive all the matches. My problem is that if one of them doesn't match, it returns 1.

What i would like to see is that it returns all the email addresses that matches, regardless of how many match.

When I return a, it only matches on the first "match", and it will return <re.Match object; span=(4112, 4130), match ='[email protected]'> — Ruan
– Ruan, Commented Apr 3, 2019 at 14:37
Read the question is related you your concern stackoverflow.com/questions/30358266/… — Zaher88abd
– Zaher88abd, Commented Apr 3, 2019 at 14:40

Ruan · Accepted Answer · 2019-04-03 14:59:22Z

0

I ended up doing it like this:

def mailbox():
   try:
        a = re.findall(r'abc.{1,11}@xyz.co.za|[email protected]',string)
        return set(a)  
    except Exception:
        return 1

The only problem is that it it will return set() if i don't match anything

answered Apr 3, 2019 at 14:59

Ruan

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