Grabbing a part of a string using regex in python 3.x -

so trying have input field named a. have line of regex checks 'i (something)' (note chain of words.) , prints how long have been (something)?

this code far:

if re.findall(r"i am", a):     print('how long have been {}'.format(re.findall(r"i am", a))) 

but returns me list of [i, am] not (something). how return me (something?)

thanks,

a n00b @ python

do mean this?

>>> import re >>> = "i programmer" >>> reg = re.compile(r'i (.*?)$') >>> print('how long have been {}'.format(*reg.findall(a))) how long have been programmer 

r'i (.*?)$' matches i am , else end of string.

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to match 1 word after, can do:

>>> = "i apple" >>> reg = re.compile(r'i (\w+).*?$') >>> print('how long have been {}'.format(*reg.findall(a))) how long have been