Groups | Search | Server Info | Keyboard shortcuts | Login | Register [http] [https] [nntp] [nntps]


Groups > comp.lang.python > #102020

one more question on regex

From mg <noOne@nowhere.com>
Newsgroups comp.lang.python
Subject one more question on regex
Date 2016-01-22 15:32 +0000
Organization Aioe.org NNTP Server
Message-ID <n7ti39$7rt$1@gioia.aioe.org> (permalink)

Show all headers | View raw


python 3.4.3 

import re
re.search('(ab){2}','abzzabab')
<_sre.SRE_Match object; span=(4, 8), match='abab'>

>>> re.findall('(ab){2}','abzzabab')
['ab']

Why for search() the match is 'abab' and for findall the match is 'ab'? 

Back to comp.lang.python | Previous | NextNext in thread | Find similar | Unroll thread


Thread

one more question on regex mg <noOne@nowhere.com> - 2016-01-22 15:32 +0000
  Re: one more question on regex Peter Otten <__peter__@web.de> - 2016-01-22 16:47 +0100
  Re: one more question on regex mg <noOne@nowhere.com> - 2016-01-22 15:50 +0000
    Re: one more question on regex Vlastimil Brom <vlastimil.brom@gmail.com> - 2016-01-22 21:10 +0100
      Re: one more question on regex mg <noOne@nowhere.com> - 2016-01-22 22:47 +0000
        Re: one more question on regex Vlastimil Brom <vlastimil.brom@gmail.com> - 2016-01-23 11:39 +0100

csiph-web