Path: csiph.com!usenet.pasdenom.info!weretis.net!feeder4.news.weretis.net!rt.uk.eu.org!newsfeed.xs4all.nl!newsfeed2a.news.xs4all.nl!xs4all!post.news.xs4all.nl!not-for-mail Return-Path: X-Original-To: python-list@python.org Delivered-To: python-list@mail.python.org X-Spam-Status: OK 0.001 X-Spam-Evidence: '*H*': 1.00; '*S*': 0.00; 'else:': 0.03; 'from:addr:yahoo.co.uk': 0.04; 'yet.': 0.04; 'lawrence': 0.09; 'received:80.91': 0.09; 'received:80.91.229': 0.09; 'received:gmane.org': 0.09; 'received:list': 0.09; 'python': 0.11; 'language.': 0.14; '15:25': 0.16; 're.search(': 0.16; 'received:80.91.229.3': 0.16; 'received:plane.gmane.org': 0.16; 'specific,': 0.16; 'string)': 0.16; 'string).': 0.16; 'modification': 0.16; 'language': 0.16; 'thanks,': 0.17; 'wrote:': 0.18; '(not': 0.18; 'command': 0.22; 'import': 0.22; 'print': 0.22; 'header:User-Agent:1': 0.23; '---': 0.24; 'header:X -Complaints-To:1': 0.27; 'header:In-Reply-To:1': 0.27; 'tried': 0.27; 'code': 0.31; 'yesterday': 0.31; 'says': 0.33; 'url:python': 0.33; 'could': 0.34; 'but': 0.35; 'hi,': 0.36; 'two': 0.37; 'to:addr:python-list': 0.38; 'short': 0.38; 'explain': 0.39; 'does': 0.39; 'to:addr:python.org': 0.39; 'received:org': 0.40; 'even': 0.60; 'read': 0.60; 'free': 0.61; 'viruses': 0.61; 'first': 0.61; 'email addr:gmail.com': 0.63; 'protection': 0.63; 'our': 0.64; 'more': 0.64; 'antivirus': 0.68; 'line,': 0.68; 'url:htm': 0.73 X-Injected-Via-Gmane: http://gmane.org/ To: python-list@python.org From: Mark Lawrence Subject: Re: What is 're.M'? Date: Mon, 07 Jul 2014 15:25:29 +0100 References: Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Gmane-NNTP-Posting-Host: host-92-18-5-57.as13285.net User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (Windows NT 6.1; rv:24.0) Gecko/20100101 Thunderbird/24.6.0 In-Reply-To: X-Antivirus: avast! (VPS 140707-0, 07/07/2014), Outbound message X-Antivirus-Status: Clean X-BeenThere: python-list@python.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.15 Precedence: list List-Id: General discussion list for the Python programming language List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Newsgroups: comp.lang.python Message-ID: Lines: 54 NNTP-Posting-Host: 2001:888:2000:d::a6 X-Trace: 1404743126 news.xs4all.nl 2831 [2001:888:2000:d::a6]:59146 X-Complaints-To: abuse@xs4all.nl Xref: csiph.com comp.lang.python:74110 On 07/07/2014 15:08, rxjwg98@gmail.com wrote: > Hi, > > I learn this short Python code from: > > http://www.tutorialspoint.com/python/python_reg_expressions.htm > > but I still do not decipher the meaning in its line, even after read its command > explanation. > > It says that: > re.M: > > Makes $ match the end of a line (not just the end of the string) and makes ^ > match the start of any line (not just the start of the string). > > More specific, what does 're.M' means? > > I have tried several other modification to the searchObj line, without clue yet. > > Could you explain re.M and the following two searchObj mechanisms? > > Thanks, > > import re > > line = "Cats are smarter than dogs"; > > searchObj = re.search( r'(.*) (.*?) .*', line, re.M|re.I) > # searchObj = re.search( r'(.*) (.*?) .*', line, re.M|re.I) > > if searchObj: > print "searchObj.group() : ", searchObj.group() > print "searchObj.group(1) : ", searchObj.group(1) > print "searchObj.group(2) : ", searchObj.group(2) > else: > print "Nothing found!!" > The answer is on the first link that I sent you yesterday afternoon, that's 06/07/2014 15:25 BST. Was the email not delivered or did you not bother to read it? -- My fellow Pythonistas, ask not what our language can do for you, ask what you can do for our language. Mark Lawrence --- This email is free from viruses and malware because avast! Antivirus protection is active. http://www.avast.com