Python Regex - How to Get Positions and Values of Matches

Question

How can I get the start and end positions of all matches using the re module? For example given the pattern r'[a-z]' and the string 'a1b2c3d4' I'd want to get the positions where it finds each letter. Ideally, I'd like to get the text of the match back too.

Answer 1

import re
p = re.compile("[a-z]")
for m in p.finditer('a1b2c3d4'):
    print(m.start(), m.group())