Re: regex walktrough

Date	2012-12-09 00:56 +0000
From	MRAB <python@mrabarnett.plus.com>
Subject	Re: regex walktrough
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On 2012-12-08 23:34, Hans Mulder wrote:
> On 8/12/12 23:57:48, rh wrote:
>> Not sure if the \w sequence includes the - or the . or the /
>> I think it does not.
>
> You guessed right:
>
>>>> [ c for c in 'x-./y' if re.match(r'\w', c) ]
> ['x', 'y']
>>>>
>
> So x and y match \w and  -, . and / do not.
>
This is shorter:

 >>> re.findall(r'\w', 'x-./y')
['x', 'y']

But remember that r"\w" is more than just r"[A-Za-z0-9_]" (unless
you're using ASCII).

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regex walktrough rh <richard_hubbe11@lavabit.com> - 2012-12-08 09:48 -0800
  Re: regex walktrough Hans Mulder <hansmu@xs4all.nl> - 2012-12-08 20:33 +0100
    Re: regex walktrough rh <richard_hubbe11@lavabit.com> - 2012-12-08 14:57 -0800
      Re: regex walktrough Hans Mulder <hansmu@xs4all.nl> - 2012-12-09 00:34 +0100
        Re: regex walktrough MRAB <python@mrabarnett.plus.com> - 2012-12-09 00:56 +0000

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