Extract part of a regex match

Question

I want a regular expression to extract the title from a HTML page. Currently I have this:

title = re.search(\'\', html, re.IGNOR         


        

Answer 1

Note that starting Python 3.8, and the introduction of assignment expressions (PEP 572) (:= operator), it's possible to improve a bit on Krzysztof Krasoń's solution by capturing the match result directly within the if condition as a variable and re-use it in the condition's body:

# pattern = ''
# text = ''
if match := re.search(pattern, text, re.IGNORECASE):
  title = match.group(1)
# hello