abcd wrote: > I have a regex: '[A-Za-z]:\\([^/:\*\?"<>\|])*' > > when I do, re.compile('[A-Za-z]:\\([^/:\*\?"<>\|])*') ...I get > > sre_constants.error: unbalanced parenthesis > > do i need to escape something else? i see that i have matching > parenthesis.
You should use raw string: re.compile(r'[A-Za-z]:\\([^/:\*\?"<>\|])*') Regards, Rob -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list