Mr.SpOOn wrote in news:mailman.3069.1225039892.3487.python- [EMAIL PROTECTED] in comp.lang.python:
> Hi, > I'd like to use regular expressions to parse a string and accept only > valid strings. What I mean is the possibility to check if the whole > string matches the regex. > > So if I have: > >>>> p = re.compile('a*b*') > > I can match this: 'aaaaaabbb' > >>>> m = p.match('aaaaaabbb') >>>> m.group() > 'aaaaaabbb' > > But I'd like to get None with this: 'aabDDDDb' > Instead it matches the first part: > >>>> m = p.match('aabDDDDb') >>>> m.group() > 'aab' Read (and bookmark) this: http://www.python.org/doc/2.5.2/lib/re-syntax.html You want the 3rd item down about the "$" special character. >>> p = re.compile('a*b*$') >>> m = p.match('aabDDDDb') >>> m is None True >>> m = p.match('aaaaaabbb') >>> m.group() 'aaaaaabbb' Rob. -- http://www.victim-prime.dsl.pipex.com/ -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list