Catch first match with Regex - PYTHON

Question

Regex is separating into groups, not selecting first match

REGEX

([^:.]+)

DATA

DATA1:OS
DATA2-XT
DATA3.DOMAIN.COM.BR

GOAL

DATA1
DATA2-XT
DATA3

REGEX101

Add a start anchor ^ in the beginning of the regex.

VLAZ
– VLAZ

2019-10-09 12:56:35 +00:00
Commented Oct 9, 2019 at 12:56 — VLAZ
– VLAZ, Commented Oct 9, 2019 at 12:56

Charif DZ · Accepted Answer · 2019-10-09 14:24:17Z

2

import re
pattern = re.compile('[^:.]+')
str_list = ["DATA1:OS",
            "DATA2-XT",
            "DATA3.DOMAIN.COM.BR"]
for e in str_list:
    print(pattern.match(e).group())

edited Oct 9, 2019 at 14:24

Charif DZ

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answered Oct 9, 2019 at 13:03

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