How can I obtain pattern string from compiled regexp pattern in python?

Created Sep 12, 2009 Edited Sep 12, 2009

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I have some code like this one:

>>> import re
>>> p = re.compile('my pattern')
>>> print p
_sre.SRE_Pattern object at 0x02274380

Is it possible to get string "my pattern" from p variable?

python regex