parameters: (pattern, string, flags=0)
return_statement: return _compile(pattern, flags).match(string)
docstring: Try to apply the pattern at the start of the string, returning
      a Match object, or None if no match was found.
docstring_summary: Try to apply the pattern at the start of the string, returning
      a Match object, or None if no match was found.
docstring_tokens: Try to apply the pattern at the start of the string returning a Match object or None if no match was found .
function: def match(pattern, string, flags=0):
      """Try to apply the pattern at the start of the string, returning
      a Match object, or None if no match was found."""
      return _compile(pattern, flags).match(string)
function_tokens: def match ( pattern , string , flags = 0 ) : return _compile ( pattern , flags ) . match ( string )