programming-examples/python/Regular_Expression/Search a literals string in a string and also find the location where the pattern occurs.py

import re  
pattern = 'fox'  
text = 'The quick brown fox jumps over the lazy dog.'  
match = re.search(pattern, text)  
s = match.start()  
e = match.end()  
print('Found "%s" in "%s" from %d to %d ' % \  
    (match.re.pattern, match.string, s, e))