title: Return the content of a Wildcard match in Python
body: <p>Is it possible to return the contents that match a wildcard (like .*) in a regex pattern in Python?</p>
  
  <p>For example, a match like:</p>
  
  <pre><code>re.search('stack.*flow','stackoverflow') 
  </code></pre>
  
  <p>would return the string 'over'. </p>