title: Python Regex using a wildcard to match the beginning of a string and replacing the entire string
body: <p>I'm trying to match the beginning of a word and then replace the entire word with something.  Below is what I'm trying to do.</p>
  
  <pre><code>add23khh234 &gt; REMOVED
  add2asdf675 &gt; REMOVED
  </code></pre>
  
  <p>Below is the regex statement I'm using.</p>
  
  <pre><code>string_reg = re.sub(ur'add*', 'REMOVED', string_reg)
  </code></pre>
  
  <p>But this code gives me the following.</p>
  
  <pre><code>add23khh234 &gt; REMOVED23khh234
  add2asdf675 &gt; REMOVED2asdf675  
  </code></pre>