Path: csiph.com!v102.xanadu-bbs.net!xanadu-bbs.net!news.mixmin.net!feeds.phibee-telecom.net!newsfeed.xs4all.nl!newsfeed1.news.xs4all.nl!xs4all!newsgate.cistron.nl!newsgate.news.xs4all.nl!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 0.017 X-Spam-Evidence: '*H*': 0.97; '*S*': 0.00; 'tutorial': 0.03; 'string': 0.09; 'strings.': 0.09; 'cc:addr:python-list': 0.11; 'python': 0.11; 'missed': 0.12; 'expressions,': 0.16; 'tackling': 0.16; 'url:html#re': 0.16; 'url:re': 0.16; 'url:split': 0.16; 'thanks,': 0.17; 'wrote:': 0.18; 'looked': 0.18; 'thu,': 0.19; 'example': 0.22; 'cc:addr:python.org': 0.22; 'either.': 0.24; 'cc:2**0': 0.24; 'header:In-Reply-To:1': 0.27; 'message-id:@mail.gmail.com': 0.30; 'url:mailman': 0.30; 'gives': 0.31; 'regular': 0.32; 'url:python': 0.33; 'raw': 0.33; 'comment': 0.34; 'table': 0.34; 'operations': 0.35; 'received:google.com': 0.35; 'url:listinfo': 0.36; 'hi,': 0.36; 'url:org': 0.36; 'url:library': 0.38; 'pm,': 0.38; 'quote': 0.39; 'sure': 0.39; 'url:mail': 0.40; 'expression': 0.60; 'tell': 0.60; 'url:3': 0.61; 'to:addr:gmail.com': 0.65; 'hour': 0.70; 'link:': 0.72; 'jul': 0.74; 'quote,': 0.84; 'joel': 0.91 DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=20120113; h=mime-version:in-reply-to:references:date:message-id:subject:from:to :cc:content-type; bh=EK3SsS5iMRJl/vim20TVrSWY3pDkUthfMDfp9+KBJC0=; b=RDmVhg42hZRLU0MK5zMM8XispNjvCPLExs1nIQBKPtx0evoJHmySbE+TGUtCEx6yqp p+p9ByuYYp4TSTWBnaJ80rsZ95Fukpa1APlzaX9FrBqoDi6u+tiAdCt6GM3OBsFfWV22 4X6jYSpftU6Mb4KYZf7NUUrTeUIawK0iyS3dd1xLvBAXUG81h0Pj3n+C8luWTROxcHJ6 wqigSJ8UTTjFIp/f/1+60u8Khu9QUgXD/LE1m5RlIntPkujcwHSBdtgYLmli0dQi+zYJ 2R9lpTpxXjt3cvMMLj+Brm3ngJvulYNrYD2v9HovFAx8OXQYM22JryTAeLOWjxz4bHTf U1xw== MIME-Version: 1.0 X-Received: by 10.58.34.169 with SMTP id a9mr46866210vej.5.1405015929030; Thu, 10 Jul 2014 11:12:09 -0700 (PDT) In-Reply-To: References: Date: Thu, 10 Jul 2014 14:12:08 -0400 Subject: Re: I am confused about ' and " From: Joel Goldstick To: fl Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Cc: "python-list@python.org" 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: 48 NNTP-Posting-Host: 2001:888:2000:d::a6 X-Trace: 1405015938 news.xs4all.nl 2859 [2001:888:2000:d::a6]:58083 X-Complaints-To: abuse@xs4all.nl Xref: csiph.com comp.lang.python:74327 On Thu, Jul 10, 2014 at 1:01 PM, fl wrote: > Hi, > > It is still in the Regular expression operations concept, this link: You must have missed my comment about quote and double quote. In python you can write a string using either. Just make sure if you start with double quote, you must end with double quote. Before tackling regular expressions, go to the python tutorial and learn about strings. > > has example using single quote mark: ' > > https://docs.python.org/2/library/re.html#re.split > > > While in this link: > > https://docs.python.org/3/howto/regex.html > > > It gives table with quote: " > > Regular String Raw string > "ab*" r"ab*" > "\\\\section" r"\\section" > "\\w+\\s+\\1" r"\w+\s+\1" > > > and link: > > https://docs.python.org/2/library/re.html > > > m = re.match(r"(\w+) (\w+)", "Isaac Newton, physicist") > > > Please tell me because I have looked it around for one hour about it. > > Thanks, > -- > https://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list -- Joel Goldstick http://joelgoldstick.com