What is the matching result of the python regular expression re.compile?

the code is as follows:


re.compile("[A-Fa-f0-9]{2}:[A-Fa-f0-9]{2}:[A-Fa-f0-9]{2}:[A-Fa-f0-9]{2}:[A-Fa-f0-9]{2}:[A-Fa-f0-9]{2}")
re.compile("[0-9a-fA-F]{4}:[0-9a-fA-F]{2}:[0-9a-fA-F]{2}.[0-9a-fA-F]{1}")

Please help parse the logic of this regular expression. Thank you.

The one above

should match a string similar to Mac address. For example, the one behind A0:44:1A:E2:87:25
cannot see the intention, because there is a period in the middle to match any character, which is a bit strange.

MySQL Query : SELECT * FROM `codeshelper`.`v9_news` WHERE status=99 AND catid='6' ORDER BY rand() LIMIT 5
MySQL Error : Disk full (/tmp/#sql-temptable-64f5-1b30253-40d31.MAI); waiting for someone to free some space... (errno: 28 "No space left on device")
MySQL Errno : 1021
Message : Disk full (/tmp/#sql-temptable-64f5-1b30253-40d31.MAI); waiting for someone to free some space... (errno: 28 "No space left on device")
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