Python regex not working in code

Question

I've uploaded it here..

http://regex101.com/r/hC2eH3/1

Let email.body =

> From: "FastTech" <[email protected]>
>
> == Ship to ==
> Example Name
>
> Shipping via Registered Airmail w/Tracking
>
> == Shipping ETA ==
>
> == Items ordered ==
>
> == Other services ==
>
>
> == Order total ==
> $2.63
>
>
>
>
> Thank you again for choosing FastTech.
>
> Kind regards,
>
> The FastTech Team
>
>
> FastTech - gadget and electronics
> http://www.fasttech.com
> [email protected]
>
>
> This email was automatically generated for 

I can't get this to work in my script - using this code:

    regex = r'> == Ship to == *\n. (\w+\s\w+)'
    link = re.findall(regex, email.body)
    print link

print link just returns

[]

When it should be matching 'Example Name'

Answer 1

Your regex works fine for me.

>>> import re
>>> s = """> From: "FastTech" <[email protected]>
... >
... > == Ship to ==
... > Example Name
... >
... > Shipping via Registered Airmail w/Tracking
... >
... > == Shipping ETA ==
... >
... > == Items ordered ==
... >
... > == Other services ==
... >
... >
... > == Order total ==
... > $2.63
... >
... >
... >
... >
... > Thank you again for choosing FastTech.
... >
... > Kind regards,
... >
... > The FastTech Team
... >
... >
... > FastTech - gadget and electronics
... > http://www.fasttech.com
... > [email protected]
... >
... >
... > This email was automatically generated for """
>>> m = re.findall(r'> == Ship to == *\n. (\w+\s\w+)', s)
>>> m
['Example Name']

OR

You may try this. A single space would match exactly a space where \s* would match zero or more spaces. So it's better to use \s* instead of a space.

>>> m = re.findall(r'^\s*>\s*==\s*Ship\s*to\s*==\s+>\s*(\w+\s\w+)', s, re.M)
>>> m
['Example Name']