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Obtain a tuple of all the subgroups matched

import re m = re.match('(\w\w\w)-(\d\d\d)', 'abc-123') m.group()                      # entire match m.group(1)                     # subgroup 1 m.group(2)                     # subgroup 2 m.groups()                     # all subgroups m = re.match('ab', 'ab')       # no subgroups m.group()                      # entire match m.groups()                     # all subgroups m = re.match('(ab)', 'ab')     # one subgroup m.group()                      # entire match m.group(1)                     # subgroup 1 m.groups()                     # all subgroups m = re.match('(a)(b)', 'ab')   # two subgroups m.group()                      # entire match m.group(1)                     # subgroup 1 m.group(2)                     # subgroup 2 m.groups()                     # all subgroups m = re.match('(a(b))', 'ab')         # two subgroups m.group()                      # entire match m.group(1)                     # subgroup 1 m.group(2)                     # subgroup 2 m.groups()                     # all subgroups