James Stroud wrote: > Teja wrote: > > HI all, > > > > I need to write a regular experssion for a string which satisfies the > > following a criteria : > > > > 1) it should start with an alphabet > > 2) it can contain alphabets/digits/_ from second character > > 3) it can contain "[a-z]" or "[0-9]" at the end. but this is optional > > > > can any one please help me out.... pls.... > > > > > > Teja.P > > > > This is as general as could be constructed given your vague requirements: > > "[a-zA-Z][a-zA-Z0-9_]+" > > You may need to provide examples. > > James > > > > -- > James Stroud > UCLA-DOE Institute for Genomics and Proteomics > Box 951570 > Los Angeles, CA 90095 > > http://www.jamesstroud.com/
Thnks James for ur quick reply..... Here is what I want actually Some examples string1 string_1 string1[0] string_1_str[a] STRING_1_[2] STRING_1_str[a][1][2] etc etc I need a regular expression for such strings -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
