This set of Python Multiple Choice Questions & Answers (MCQs) focuses on “Regular Expressions – 2”.
1. What is the output of the code shown?
re.compile('hello', re.X)
a) [‘h’, ‘e’, ‘l’, ‘l’, ‘o’]
b) re.compile(‘hello’, re.VERBOSE)
c) Error
d) Junk value
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Explanation: The compile function compiles a pattern of regular expression into an object of regular expression. Re.X is a flag which is also used as re.VERBOSE. Hence the output of this code is: re.compile(‘hello’, re.VERBOSE).
2. What is the output of the code shown below?
re.split('[a-c]', '0a3B6', re.I)
a) Error
b) [‘a’, ‘B’]
c) [‘0’, ‘3B6’]
d) [‘a’]
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Explanation: The function re.split() splits the string on the basis of the pattern given in the parenthesis. Since we have used the flag e.I (that is, re.IGNORECASE), the output is: [‘0’, ‘3B6’].
3. What is the output of the code shown below?
re.sub('morning', 'evening', 'good morning')
a) ‘good evening’
b) ‘good’
c) ‘morning’
d) ‘evening’
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Explanation: The code shown above first searches for the pattern ‘morning’ in the string ‘good morning’ and then replaces this pattern with ‘evening’. Hence the output of this code is: ‘good evening’.
4. The function re.error raises an exception if a particular string contains no match for the given pattern. State whether true or false.
a) True
b) False
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Explanation: The function re.error raises an exception when a string passed to one of its functions here is not a valid regular expression. It does not raise an exception if a particular string does not contain a match for the given pattern.
5. The output of the code shown below:
re.escape('new**world')
a) ‘new world’
b) ‘new\\*\\*world’
c) ‘**’
d) ‘new’, ‘*’, ‘*’, ‘world’
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Explanation: The function re.escape escapes all the characters in the pattern other than ASCII letters and numbers. Hence the output of the code shown above is: ‘new\\*\\*world’.
6. What is the output of the code shown below?
re.fullmatch('hello', 'hello world')
a) No output
b) []
c) <_sre.SRE_Match object; span=(0, 5), match='hello'>
d) Error
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Explanation: The function re.fullmatch applies the pattern to the entire string and returns an object if match is found and none if match in not found. In the code shown above, match is not found. Hence there is no output.
7. Choose the option wherein the two choices do not refer to the same option.
a) re.I
re.IGNORECASE
b) re.M
re.MULTILINE
c) re.X
re.VERBOSE
d) re.L
re.LOWERCASE
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Explanation: The function re.L is also written as re.LOCALE. There is no function such as re.LOWERCASE in the re module of Python.
8. The difference between the functions re.sub and re.subn is that re.sub returns a _______________ whereas re.subn returns a __________________
a) string, list
b) list, tuple
c) string, tuple
d) tuple, list
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Explanation: The difference the functions re.sub and re.subn is that re.sub returns a string whereas re.subn returns a tuple.
9. The output of the code shown below is:
re.split('mum', 'mumbai*', 1)
a) Error
b) [”, ‘bai*’]
c) [”, ‘bai’]
d) [‘bai*’]
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Explanation: The code shown above splits the string based on the pattern given as an argument. Hence the output of the code is: [”, ‘bai*’].
10. What is the output of the code shown below?
re.findall('good', 'good is good') re.findall('good', 'bad is good')
a) [‘good’, ‘good’] Sanfoundry Global Education & Learning Series – Python. To practice all areas of Python, here is complete set of 1000+ Multiple Choice Questions and Answers.
[‘good’]
b) (‘good’, ‘good’)
(good)
c) (‘good’)
(‘good’)
d) [‘good’]
[‘good’]
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Explanation: The function findall returns a list of all the non overlapping matches in a string. Hence the output of the first function is: [‘good’, ‘good’] and that of the second function is: [‘good’].
