How to match regex to line ending in python

Question

I'm trying to get python regex to match the end of a string (primarily because I want to remove a common section off the end of the string. I have the following code which I think is how the docs describe to do it, but it's not performing as I'm expecting:

input_value = "Non-numeric qty or weight, from 00|XFX|201912192009"
pattern = ", from .*$"
match = re.match(pattern , input_value)
print(match)

The result is None, however I'm expecting to have matched something. I've also tested these values with an online regex tool: https://regex101.com/ using the python flavour, and it works as expected.

What am I doing wrong?

Use `search` instead of `match` which matches at start only – anubhava Dec 07 '20 at 18:17 — anubhava, Dec 07 '20 at 18:17

score 0 · Answer 1 · answered Dec 07 '20 at 18:20

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match = re.match(".*, from.*$", input_value)

you should use .* infront else it will try to fin exact match

answered Dec 07 '20 at 18:20

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