python - get empty list when finding last match -

i want find last word between slashes in url. example, find "nika" in "/gallery/haha/nika/7907/08-2015"

i wrote in python code:

>>> text = '/gallery/haha/nika/7907/08-2015' >>> re.findall(r'/[a-za-z]*/$', text)

but got empty list:

[]

and if delete dollar sign:

>>> re.findall(r'/[a-za-z]*/', text)

the return list not empty '/haha/' missed:

['/gallery/', '/nika/']

anybody knows why?

use lookarounds in

re.findall(r'(?<=/)[a-za-z]*(?=/)', text)

$ means end of string getting empty string.

haha missing because capturing / , / not left haha. when use lookarounds 0 width assertion , not consume / , captured.

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