Re: + in regular expression

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From	Ian Kelly <ian.g.kelly@gmail.com>
Date	2012-10-04 23:14 -0600
Subject	Re: + in regular expression
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On Thu, Oct 4, 2012 at 9:44 PM, Saroo Jain <Saroo_Jain@infosys.com> wrote:
> x3=re.match("\s{6}+",str)
>
> instead use
> x3=re.match("\s{6,}",str)
>
> This serves the purpose. And also give some food for thought for why the first one throws an error.

That matches six or more spaces, not multiples of six spaces.

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Re: + in regular expression Ian Kelly <ian.g.kelly@gmail.com> - 2012-10-04 23:14 -0600

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