> I would like to search for any of the strings in r'/\:*?"<>|' in a
> string using RE module. Can someone tell me how?
use the search() method of the regexp object.
r = re.compile(r'[/\:*?"<>|]')
results = r.search(a_string)
or, if you're interested in the first location:
r.finditer(target).next().start()
Or you can do it without the RE module:
s = set(r'/\:*?"<>|')
results = ''.join(c for c in a_string if c in s)
or, if you're interested in the indexes
index = ([i for i,c in enumerate(a_string) if c in s] or [-1])[0]
which could also be done as
index = -1
for i,c in enumerate(a_string):
if c in s:
index = i
break
YMMV,
-tkc
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