Metacharacters

Question

import re

pattern = r"[A-Za-z][A-Za-z][0-9]"

if re.search(pattern, "LS8"):
print("Match 1")

if re.search(pattern, "YE45"):
print("Match 2")

if re.search(pattern, "la9"):
print("Match 3")

All the codes are a match according to my output. I thought "Match 2 was not valid per the criteria i.e two alphabets and a digit. Why is it a match please

Answer 1

Because it matches YE4 in YE45.

Answer 2

Thanks