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  1. import re
  2. pat = r"\b(?:{})\b".format('|'.join([r'student',r'study(?:ing)?']))
  3. print(pat)
  4. regEX=re.compile(pat,re.I)
  5. s = "He is studying here."
  6. mObj = regEX.search(s)
  7. if mObj:
  8. print(mObj.group(0))
Success #stdin #stdout 0.01s 8968KB
stdin
Standard input is empty
stdout
\b(?:student|study(?:ing)?)\b
studying