# Add \`re.suffixmatch\` as an end-anchored equivalent to \`re.prefixmatch\`

**URL:** <https://discuss.python.org/t/add-re-suffixmatch-as-an-end-anchored-equivalent-to-re-prefixmatch/108991>\
**Category:** Ideas\
**Created:** [September 10, 2026, 2:03pm UTC](https://discuss.python.org/t/add-re-suffixmatch-as-an-end-anchored-equivalent-to-re-prefixmatch/108991 "2026-09-10T14:03:42Z")\
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**Author:** ![brass75](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/user_avatar/discuss.python.org/brass75/32/19784_2.png) [@brass75](https://discuss.python.org/u/brass75)\
**Post date:** [September 10, 2026, 2:03pm UTC](https://discuss.python.org/t/add-re-suffixmatch-as-an-end-anchored-equivalent-to-re-prefixmatch/108991/1 "2026-09-10T14:03:42Z")

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With Python 3.15 and the addition of `re.prefixmatch` as a soft deprecation of `re.match` perhaps it is time to add an additional API to the `re` package - `suffixmatch`. This API would match a pattern as end-anchored similar to how `re.prefixmatch` matches a pattern as start-anchored.

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**Author:** ![mpirnat](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/user_avatar/discuss.python.org/mpirnat/32/37427_2.png) [@mpirnat](https://discuss.python.org/u/mpirnat)\
**Post date:** [September 11, 2026, 4:03pm UTC](https://discuss.python.org/t/add-re-suffixmatch-as-an-end-anchored-equivalent-to-re-prefixmatch/108991/2 "2026-09-11T16:03:19Z")

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Hey friends, long time listener, first-time caller… 😄

The lack of suffixmatch was the first thing I thought of when I read about prefixmatch. I’m +1 for the symmetry.