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From: Ian Kelly <ian.g.kelly@gmail.com>
Date: Thu, 4 Oct 2012 23:14:13 -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.