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| From | John Gordon <gordon@panix.com> |
|---|---|
| Newsgroups | comp.lang.python |
| Subject | Re: Is it useful for re.M in this example? |
| Date | 2015-11-12 22:00 +0000 |
| Organization | PANIX Public Access Internet and UNIX, NYC |
| Message-ID | <n23260$kkj$2@reader1.panix.com> (permalink) |
| References | <fc8a4061-5156-41c8-bfd7-d9a8da462418@googlegroups.com> |
In <fc8a4061-5156-41c8-bfd7-d9a8da462418@googlegroups.com> fl <rxjwg98@gmail.com> writes:
> re.M Makes $ match the end of a line (not just the end of the string) and
> makes ^ match the start of any line (not just the start of the string).
> But I don't see the reason to put re.M in the example project:
That's because your sample string does not contain newline characters.
If it did, you would see the effect of re.M.
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Is it useful for re.M in this example? fl <rxjwg98@gmail.com> - 2015-11-12 13:34 -0800 Re: Is it useful for re.M in this example? John Gordon <gordon@panix.com> - 2015-11-12 22:00 +0000 Re: Is it useful for re.M in this example? Terry Reedy <tjreedy@udel.edu> - 2015-11-12 22:32 -0500
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