> -----Original Message-----
> From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:python-
> [EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> Sent: Wednesday, February 13, 2008 1:41 PM
> To: python-list@python.org
> Subject: Re: Regular Expression for Prime Numbers (or How I came to
> fail at them, and love the bomb)
>
> On Feb 13, 9:48 am, Carsten Haese <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> > On Wed, 2008-02-13 at 07:31 -0800, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
> > > return re.match("^1?$|^(11+?)\1+$", convert)
> >
> > That needs to be either
> >
> > return re.match(r"^1?$|^(11+?)\1+$", convert)
> >
> > or
> >
> > return re.match("^1?$|^(11+?)\\1+$", convert)
> >
> > in order to prevent "\1" from being read as "\x01".
>
> But why doesn't it work when you make that change?
It does work. Read the referenced website.
If there is a match then
the number isn't prime
else # no match
the number is prime.
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