why my regex not working which is having a `or`

Asked Nov 09 '19 at 17:23

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I got the expected when i did re.findall(r'applepast[ry|e]', s17) but i am not able understand why i need to give + here, because alread explicitly i am giving e|ry

import re
s17 = 'find word that match applepastry, applepie or applepaste'
re.findall(r'applepast[ry|e]', s17)

My Out

['applepastr', 'applepaste']

My Expected

['applepastry', 'applepaste']

asked Nov 09 '19 at 17:23

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That's a character class. Try instead `re.findall(r'applepast(?:ry|e)', s17)` – Chris Charley Nov 09 '19 at 17:29
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Character classes work for a single character, so [rye] matches either r,y or e – Zain Patel Nov 09 '19 at 17:30

why my regex not working which is having a `or`

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