>>> import re
>>> my_reg = re.compile(r'(a(b(c)))')
>>> text = "abc"
>>> mat = re.search(my_reg,text)
>>> print(mat)
<_sre.SRE_Match object at 0x101a28ae0>
>>> mat.group(0)
'abc'
>>> mat.group(1)
'abc'
>>> mat.group(2)
'bc'
>>> mat.group(3)
'c'
>>> import re
>>> my_reg = re.compile(r'(a(b(c)))')
>>> text = "abc"
>>> mat = re.search(my_reg,text)
>>> print(mat)
<_sre.SRE_Match object at 0x101a28ae0>
>>> mat.group(0)
'abc'
>>> mat.group(1)
'abc'
>>> mat.group(2)
'bc'
>>> mat.group(3)
'c'