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Re: regex multiple patterns in order

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From Devin Jeanpierre <jeanpierreda@gmail.com>
Date 2014-01-20 08:40 -0800
Subject Re: regex multiple patterns in order
Newsgroups comp.lang.python
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On Mon, Jan 20, 2014 at 8:16 AM, Mark Lawrence <breamoreboy@yahoo.co.uk> wrote:
> On 20/01/2014 16:04, Neil Cerutti wrote:
>> I use regular expressions regularly, for example, when editing
>> text with gvim. But when I want to use them in Python I have to
>> contend with the re module. I've never become comfortable with
>> it.
>>
>
> You don't have to, there's always the "new" regex module that's been on pypi
> for years.  Or are you saying that you'd like to use regex but other
> influences that are outside of your sphere of control prevent you from doing
> so?

I don't see any way in which someone uncomfortable with the re module
would magically find themselves perfectly at home with the regex
module. The regex module is the re module with some extra features
(and complexity), is it not?

-- Devin

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Re: regex multiple patterns in order Ben Finney <ben+python@benfinney.id.au> - 2014-01-20 22:18 +1100
  Re: regex multiple patterns in order Roy Smith <roy@panix.com> - 2014-01-20 09:52 -0500
    Re: regex multiple patterns in order Neil Cerutti <neilc@norwich.edu> - 2014-01-20 16:04 +0000
    Re: regex multiple patterns in order Mark Lawrence <breamoreboy@yahoo.co.uk> - 2014-01-20 16:16 +0000
    Re: regex multiple patterns in order Devin Jeanpierre <jeanpierreda@gmail.com> - 2014-01-20 08:40 -0800
      Re: regex multiple patterns in order Rustom Mody <rustompmody@gmail.com> - 2014-01-20 09:06 -0800
        Re: regex multiple patterns in order Mark Lawrence <breamoreboy@yahoo.co.uk> - 2014-01-20 17:30 +0000
    Re: regex multiple patterns in order Neil Cerutti <neilc@norwich.edu> - 2014-01-20 17:09 +0000
    Re: regex multiple patterns in order Mark Lawrence <breamoreboy@yahoo.co.uk> - 2014-01-20 17:33 +0000

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