Python regular expression: exact match only

Question

I have a very simple question, but I can't find an answer for this.

I have some string like:

test-123 

I want to have some smart regular expression for validation if this string exact match my condition.

I expect to have a strings like:

test-<number> 

Where number should contains from 1 to * elements on numbers.

I'm trying to do something like this:

import re correct_string = 'test-251' wrong_string = 'test-123x' regex = re.compile(r'test-\d+') if regex.match(correct_string):     print 'Matching correct string.' if regex.match(wrong_string):     print 'Matching wrong_string.' 

So, I can see both messages (with matching correct and wrong string), but I really expect to match only correct string.

Also, I was trying to use search method instead of match but with no luck.

Ideas?

Answer 1

Try with specifying the start and end rules in your regex:

re.compile(r'^test-\d+$')