compiling a fuzzy regexp with python regex

Question

When I found out that the python regex module allows fuzzy matching I was increasingly happy as it seemed as a simple solution to many of my problems. But now I am having a

Answer 1

You need to put your strings together correctly.

import regex
testString = 'some phrase'
r = regex.compile('('+testString+'){e<=5}')
r.match('phrase')

If you want to build a regex pattern, you'll need to use various string manipulation techniques to build up the appropriate pattern to use.