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Re: regular expression : the dollar sign ($) work with re.match() or re.search()

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On Wed, 26 Sep 2012 10:48:00 +0300, Jussi Piitulainen wrote:

> iMath writes:
> 
>> I only know the dollar sign ($) will match a pattern from the end of a
>> string, but which method does it work with, re.match() or re.search()
> 
> It works with both. With re.match, the pattern has to match at the start
> of the string _and_ the $ has to match the end of the string (or a
> line); re.search scans the string until it finds a suitable start.
> 
> What was the weird character that you used as a question mark? I removed
> them because they confuse the newsreader I use.

It shows fine in my news reader, perhaps you should consider changing to 
one that works properly (btw I am using pan on a fedora 17 netbook)



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regular expression :  the dollar sign ($) work with re.match() or re.search()  ？ iMath <redstone-cold@163.com> - 2012-09-26 00:38 -0700
  Re: regular expression :  the dollar sign ($) work with re.match() or re.search() Jussi Piitulainen <jpiitula@ling.helsinki.fi> - 2012-09-26 10:48 +0300
    Re: regular expression : the dollar sign ($) work with re.match() or re.search() Chris Angelico <rosuav@gmail.com> - 2012-09-26 17:57 +1000
    Re: regular expression :  the dollar sign ($) work with re.match() or re.search() Alister <alister.ware@ntlworld.com> - 2012-09-26 15:47 +0000
      Re: regular expression :  the dollar sign ($) work with re.match() or re.search() Jussi Piitulainen <jpiitula@ling.helsinki.fi> - 2012-09-26 19:29 +0300
  Re: regular expression : the dollar sign ($) work with re.match() or re.search() ？ Peter Otten <__peter__@web.de> - 2012-09-26 10:33 +0200
  RE: regular expression :  the dollar sign ($) work with re.match() or re.search()  ？ "Prasad, Ramit" <ramit.prasad@jpmorgan.com> - 2012-09-28 18:07 +0000
  Re: regular expression : the dollar sign ($) work with re.match() or re.search() ？ Ian Kelly <ian.g.kelly@gmail.com> - 2012-09-28 12:32 -0600
  Re: regular expression :  the dollar sign ($) work with re.match() or re.search()  ？ iMath <redstone-cold@163.com> - 2013-01-07 01:45 -0800
    Re: regular expression :  the dollar sign ($) work with re.match() or re.search()  � Steven D'Aprano <steve+comp.lang.python@pearwood.info> - 2013-01-07 09:54 +0000

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