Regexp.FindStringSubmatch in Go

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FindStringSubmatch returns a slice of strings holding the text of the leftmost match of the regular expression in s and the matches, if any, of its subexpressions, as defined by the 'Submatch' description in the package comment. A return value of nil indicates no match.

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package main

import (
	"fmt"
	"regexp"
)

func main() {
	re := regexp.MustCompile(`a(x*)b(y|z)c`)
	fmt.Printf("%q\n", re.FindStringSubmatch("-axxxbyc-"))
	fmt.Printf("%q\n", re.FindStringSubmatch("-abzc-"))
}