Xiang Zhang added the comment: I don't think no need to swap. The current doc is right.
>>> re.findall(r'\W+', 'abcd123_#@@@@') ['#@@@@'] >>> re.findall(r'\w+', 'abcd123_#@@@@') ['abcd123_'] It's apparent that \w match alphanumeric and \W vice versa. ---------- nosy: +xiang.zhang _______________________________________ Python tracker <rep...@bugs.python.org> <http://bugs.python.org/issue27116> _______________________________________ _______________________________________________ Python-bugs-list mailing list Unsubscribe: https://mail.python.org/mailman/options/python-bugs-list/archive%40mail-archive.com