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Re: Weird problem matching with REs

From John S <jstrickler@gmail.com>
Newsgroups comp.lang.python
Subject Re: Weird problem matching with REs
Date 2011-05-29 09:45 -0700
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On May 29, 12:16 pm, Andrew Berg <bahamutzero8...@gmail.com> wrote:
>
> I've been meaning to learn how to use parenthesis groups.
> > Also, be sure to
> > use a raw string when composing REs, so you don't run into backslash
> > issues.
>
> How would I do that when grabbing strings from a config file (via the
> configparser module)? Or rather, if I have a predefined variable
> containing a string, how do change it into a raw string?
When reading the RE from a file it's not an issue. Only literal
strings can be raw. If the data is in a file, the data will not be
parsed by the Python interpreter. This was just a general warning to
anyone working with REs. It didn't apply in this case.

--john strickler

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Weird problem matching with REs Andrew Berg <bahamutzero8825@gmail.com> - 2011-05-29 06:45 -0500
  Re: Weird problem matching with REs Ben Finney <ben+python@benfinney.id.au> - 2011-05-29 23:00 +1000
    Re: Weird problem matching with REs Ben Finney <ben+python@benfinney.id.au> - 2011-05-29 23:03 +1000
    Re: Weird problem matching with REs Andrew Berg <bahamutzero8825@gmail.com> - 2011-05-29 08:29 -0500
  Re: Weird problem matching with REs Steven D'Aprano <steve+comp.lang.python@pearwood.info> - 2011-05-29 13:09 +0000
    Re: Weird problem matching with REs Andrew Berg <bahamutzero8825@gmail.com> - 2011-05-29 08:41 -0500
      Re: Weird problem matching with REs Steven D'Aprano <steve+comp.lang.python@pearwood.info> - 2011-05-29 14:18 +0000
        Re: Weird problem matching with REs Andrew Berg <bahamutzero8825@gmail.com> - 2011-05-29 09:35 -0500
          Re: Weird problem matching with REs John S <jstrickler@gmail.com> - 2011-05-29 08:48 -0700
            Re: Weird problem matching with REs Andrew Berg <bahamutzero8825@gmail.com> - 2011-05-29 11:16 -0500
              Re: Weird problem matching with REs John S <jstrickler@gmail.com> - 2011-05-29 09:45 -0700
            Re: Weird problem matching with REs Chris Angelico <rosuav@gmail.com> - 2011-05-30 03:57 +1000
      Re: Weird problem matching with REs Roy Smith <roy@panix.com> - 2011-05-29 11:19 -0400
        Re: Weird problem matching with REs Andrew Berg <bahamutzero8825@gmail.com> - 2011-05-29 10:31 -0500
          Re: Weird problem matching with REs Thomas 'PointedEars' Lahn <PointedEars@web.de> - 2011-05-29 21:06 +0200

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