Path: csiph.com!v102.xanadu-bbs.net!xanadu-bbs.net!eternal-september.org!feeder.eternal-september.org!news.stack.nl!newsfeed.xs4all.nl!newsfeed4.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 0.111 X-Spam-Level: * X-Spam-Evidence: '*H*': 0.78; '*S*': 0.00; 'python,': 0.02; 'yet.': 0.04; 'expressions': 0.07; 'exception.': 0.09; 'subject:How': 0.10; 'cc:addr:python-list': 0.11; 'example?': 0.16; 'simplified': 0.16; 'url:re': 0.16; 'thursday,': 0.16; 'wrote:': 0.18; 'thu,': 0.19; 'example': 0.22; 'cc:addr:python.org': 0.22; 'url:moin': 0.24; 'looks': 0.24; 'cc:2**0': 0.24; 'chapter': 0.26; 'header:In- Reply-To:1': 0.27; 'to:2**1': 0.27; 'am,': 0.29; "doesn't": 0.30; 'url:wiki': 0.31; 'quotes': 0.31; 'regular': 0.32; 'quite': 0.32; 'url:python': 0.33; '-----': 0.33; 'header:Received:9': 0.33; 'subject:the': 0.34; 'could': 0.34; 'but': 0.35; 'hi,': 0.36; 'url:org': 0.36; 'url:library': 0.38; 'subject:': 0.39; 'quote': 0.39; 'how': 0.40; 'read': 0.60; 'received:98.137': 0.60; 'url:content': 0.60; 'free': 0.61; 'new': 0.61; 'simple': 0.61; 'first': 0.61; 'here:': 0.62; 're:': 0.63; 'july': 0.63; 'more': 0.64; 'to:addr:gmail.com': 0.65; 'sample': 0.67; 'header:Reply- To:1': 0.67; 'url:pdf': 0.68; 'email addr:python.org"': 0.68; 'link:': 0.72; 'jul': 0.74; 'url:images': 0.83; 'received:98.138.229': 0.84; 'skip:: 20': 0.84; 'joel': 0.91; 'sheet': 0.93 X-Yahoo-Newman-Property: ymail-4 X-Yahoo-Newman-Id: 286686.15726.bm@omp1069.mail.gq1.yahoo.com DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=yahoo.com; s=s1024; t=1405019716; bh=dp3LXbsCbIx9tTb8PRymD6oUBHv9k2ArlPe/+5TRZ1w=; h=References:Message-ID:Date:From:Reply-To:Subject:To:Cc:In-Reply-To:MIME-Version:Content-Type:Content-Transfer-Encoding; b=t0hpA7ztzDoqVnbniQ9qHKIBXpfjI6v9BP79jyTQa1XsMGIOHCRn/DGI1pChUU2xzNlMWHxb3SIhGTa9tS2zpn2XjZONIkUQlNRi1Lc6+kRe6BqFdv/r94Er6zyaUPjH0dwZ6IyoqRFyT2VwnJyAKrdNqQj+Te3Vfr4n9oqumRA= X-YMail-OSG: kc4UUDcVM1kVBuokmxIUeNPY00vU94YVxyJBGmwg2hR9BfB v0QY1HIjAEnbK2iT.kGZ9wC3DMPDGZf2VW.b4Xi075677S_b0gl0eDua7QlI j06cZoljNJt8Um8S4u46Wgz5BADITKz3qbO8MiFxLUEr9Hk3M0x2oTugjDwK pbeTdl8Asfxp9KByLMaFqISuwCefLHldh3HnDqjTIBMsiypL87KGZpMwv2it o12QqA9blR.L3vlVc6nxBs3mkmYWRZ0WEmoxw9C4SU7LvkRTGTGcrgZNS3.o jv1iHsalXQIhR4F8RaNioQIgaZguSCwDuomiGt2HX05IJ5EGq5m4jYLF_xvn _tu5yk_BQ1T58CsgcyohJ5m0d.756EVQ_oZ99uZ1kiMMFOdnJz5z9z.ZmAvU eSClPLyhijojywmVy.waV1v978F6Ub5byzn.oYyfBJL2la2xjRPmd1hpARab tqPDtJvaz67Yi2mqzTPna9eMJkAyCbxq2OcjF_CSRnoJD_aopj0EijI0esSF VVPsZD5wteu64KA8opvksduiLYHTQtGH.itwA3FjiA6dsAPSBKT31nxR8Thg TApzU6.REQNAyoRJrs7SjtU...vJ2E2KiNtr5UuWqEFGGjl7rkkgIJCjzAgT E9mCeZWcGtvbpH3X7.Jx1ahM5zxYBp1V0CUmeh3lQpkUx.uWcFGEUO8RGYIW p9lszNP02JvJ5rniwA.dwspb. X-Rocket-MIMEInfo: 002.001, CgotLS0tLSBPcmlnaW5hbCBNZXNzYWdlIC0tLS0tCgo.IEZyb206IEpvZWwgR29sZHN0aWNrIDxqb2VsLmdvbGRzdGlja0BnbWFpbC5jb20.Cj4gVG86IGZsIDxyeGp3Zzk4QGdtYWlsLmNvbT4KPiBDYzogInB5dGhvbi1saXN0QHB5dGhvbi5vcmciIDxweXRob24tbGlzdEBweXRob24ub3JnPgo.IFNlbnQ6IFRodXJzZGF5LCBKdWx5IDEwLCAyMDE0IDc6MDUgUE0KPiBTdWJqZWN0OiBSZTogSG93IHRvIGRlY2lwaGVyIDpyZS5zcGxpdChyIihcKFwoW14pXStcKVwpKSIgaW4gdGhlIGV4YW1wbGUKPiAKPiBPbiABMAEBAQE- X-Mailer: YahooMailWebService/0.8.194.680 References: <981c1f5f-2c19-4efc-8397-796bde07f39b@googlegroups.com> Date: Thu, 10 Jul 2014 12:15:16 -0700 From: Albert-Jan Roskam Subject: Re: How to decipher :re.split(r"(\(\([^)]+\)\))" in the example To: Joel Goldstick , fl In-Reply-To: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Cc: "python-list@python.org" X-BeenThere: python-list@python.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.15 Precedence: list Reply-To: Albert-Jan Roskam 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: 18 NNTP-Posting-Host: 2001:888:2000:d::a6 X-Trace: 1405020017 news.xs4all.nl 2893 [2001:888:2000:d::a6]:49275 X-Complaints-To: abuse@xs4all.nl Xref: csiph.com comp.lang.python:74330 =0A=0A----- Original Message -----=0A=0A> From: Joel Goldstick =0A> To: fl =0A> Cc: "python-list@python.o= rg" =0A> Sent: Thursday, July 10, 2014 7:05 PM=0A> = Subject: Re: How to decipher :re.split(r"(\(\([^)]+\)\))" in the example=0A= > =0A> On Thu, Jul 10, 2014 at 11:37 AM, fl wrote:=0A>>= Hi,=0A>> =0A>> This example is from the link:=0A>> =0A>> https://wiki.p= ython.org/moin/RegularExpression=0A>> =0A>> =0A>> I have thought about it = quite a while without a clue yet. I notice that it =0A> uses=0A>> double q= uote ", in contrast to ' which I see more often until now.=0A> =0A> Double = quotes or single quotes -- doesn't matter.=0A> =0A>> It looks very complic= ated to me. Could you simplified it to a simple =0A> example?=0A>> =0A> You= might read up first here: https://docs.python.org/2/library/re.html=0A> = =0A> If you are just new to learning python, regular expressions are not a= =0A> good place to start.=A0 But if you insist, the page you are looking at= =0A> is more of a cheat sheet .=0A=0AThe free sample chapter from Mark Summ= erfield's book is about regular expressions:=0Ahttp://www.informit.com/cont= ent/images/9780321680563/samplepages/0321680561_Sample.pdf=0AThat whole boo= k is superb, and the regex chapter is no exception.