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Re: How to write this repeat matching?

From Anssi Saari <as@sci.fi>
Newsgroups comp.lang.python
Subject Re: How to write this repeat matching?
Date 2014-07-07 18:48 +0300
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rxjwg98@gmail.com writes:

> Because I am new to Python, I may not describe the question clearly. Could you
> read the original problem on web:
>
> https://docs.python.org/2/howto/regex.html
>
> It says that it gets 'abcb'. Could you explain it to me? Thanks again

Actually, it tries to explain how * works in the regular expression
engine. Do you feel that's a crucial thing for a beginner to understand
about Python? Hopefully your answer is no and you can move on.

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How to write this repeat matching? rxjwg98@gmail.com - 2014-07-06 11:57 -0700
  Re: How to write this repeat matching? MRAB <python@mrabarnett.plus.com> - 2014-07-06 20:19 +0100
  Re: How to write this repeat matching? Ian Kelly <ian.g.kelly@gmail.com> - 2014-07-06 13:26 -0600
    Re: How to write this repeat matching? rxjwg98@gmail.com - 2014-07-07 06:30 -0700
      Re: How to write this repeat matching? Anssi Saari <as@sci.fi> - 2014-07-07 18:48 +0300
      Re: How to write this repeat matching? Ian Kelly <ian.g.kelly@gmail.com> - 2014-07-07 10:18 -0600

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