bpo-32913: Added re.Match.groupdict example to regex HOWTO (GH-5821)
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>>> m.group(1)
'Lots'
+Additionally, you can retrieve named groups as a dictionary with
+:meth:`~re.Match.groupdict`::
+
+ >>> m = re.match(r'(?P<first>\w+) (?P<last>\w+)', 'Jane Doe')
+ >>> m.groupdict()
+ {'first': 'Jane', 'last': 'Doe'}
+
Named groups are handy because they let you use easily-remembered names, instead
of having to remember numbers. Here's an example RE from the :mod:`imaplib`
module::
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+Added re.Match.groupdict example to regex HOWTO.