On Jul 31, 3:07 pm, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
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> middle_abbr = re.compile('[A-Za-z0-9]\.[A-Za-z0-9]\.')
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When defining re's with string literals, it is good practice to use
the raw string literal format (precede with an 'r'):
middle_abbr = re.compile(r'[A-Za-z0-9]\.[A-Za-z0-9]\.')
What abbreviations have numeric digits in them?
I hope your input string doesn't include something like this:
For a good approximation of pi, use 3.1.
-- Paul
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