[ Python 常見問題 ] How can I find all matches to a regular expression in Python?

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Question 
In a program I'm writing I have Python use the re.search() function to find matches in a block of text and print the results. However, the program exits once it finds the first match in the block of text. How do I do this repeatedly where the program doesn't stop until ALL matches have been found? Is there a separate function to do this? 

How-To 
Use re.findall or re.finditer instead: 

* re.findall(pattern, string) returns a list of matching strings. 
* re.finditer(pattern, string) returns an iterator over MatchObject objects.

One simple example: 

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1. import re  
2.   
3. text = r'''My name is John. His name is Peter.  
4. Today is sunny and we all want to go outside for picnic.'''  
5.   
6. for e in re.findall('is ([a-zA-Z]+)', text):  
7.     print('Found "{}"'.format(e))  

Output: 

Found "John" 
Found "name" 
Found "Peter" 
Found "sunny"