#16304: clarify match objects docs. Initial patch by Jan Duzinkiewicz.
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Match Objects
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Match Objects
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Match objects always have a boolean value of :const:`True`. This lets you
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Match objects always have a boolean value of ``True``.
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use a simple if-statement to test whether a match was found. Match objects
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Since :meth:`~regex.match` and :meth:`~regex.search` return ``None``
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support the following methods and attributes:
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when there is no match, you can test whether there was a match with a simple
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``if`` statement::
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match = re.search(pattern, string)
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if match:
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process(match)
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Match objects support the following methods and attributes:
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.. method:: match.expand(template)
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.. method:: match.expand(template)
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