import re

if  re.search("tor", "Tutorial"):
        print "1. search result found anywhere in the string"

if re.match("Tut", "Tutorial"):
         print "2. Match with beginning of string" 

if not re.match("tor", "Tutorial"):
        print "3. No match with match if not beginning" 



# Search as Match

if  not re.search("^tor", "Tutorial"):
        print "4. search as match"

1. search result found anywhere in the string
2. Match with beginning of string
3. No match with match if not beginning
4. search as match