> Backslash? Your example uses a [forward] slash. correct.. my mistake. i use forward slashes.
> Are you sure you don't want to allow for some spaces in the data, for > the benefit of the humans, e.g. > 1,2 / 3,4 / 5,6 / 7,8 / 9,10 / 11,12 you are correct. however, i am using string as a command line option and can get away without quoting it if there are no optional spaces. > Always use "raw" strings for patterns, even if you don't have > backslashes in them -- and this one needs a backslash; see below. knew this, but had not done so in my code because wanted to use '\' as a line continuation character to keep everything within 80 columns. have adopted your advice regarding \Z below and now am using raw string. > For clarity, consider using "mobj" or even "m" instead of "match" to > name the result of re.match. good point. > > if match == None or match.group(0) != results: > > Instead of > if mobj == None .... > use > if mobj is None ... > or > if not mobj ... > > Instead of the "or match.group(0) != results" caper, put \Z (*not* $) at > the end of your pattern: > mobj = re.match(r"pattern\Z", results) > if not mobj: > > HTH, > John very helpful advice. thanks! -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
