Regex error: 'NoneType' object has no attribute 'group'

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It should work the same way.

>>> import re

>>> s = '**string1;string2;string3**'
>>> r = re.search(r'\*\*(.*)\*\*', s)
>>> r.group(1)
'string1;string2;string3'

>>> #Now assign to variable r
>>> r = re.search(r'\*\*(.*)\*\*', s).group(1)
>>> r
'string1;string2;string3'