Literals

Literal characters are the simplest form of regex patterns. They match exactly what you type.

Let's see a basic example using literal characters:

import re

text = "I have 2 apples and 3 bananas."
pattern = "apples"

matches = re.findall(pattern, text)

print(matches)  # Output: ['apples']

In the above example, the pattern apples matches the exact word "apples" in the string text.

We've already seen this pattern in previous lessons