there may be different levels of nesting:
"a < b < Ó > d > here starts a new group: < 1 < e < f > g > 2 >
another group: < 3 >"
On 31 окт, 21:57, netimen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Thank's but if i have several top-level groups and want them match one
> by one:
>
> text = "a < b < Ó > d > here starts a new group: < e < f > g >"
>
> I want to match first " b < Ó > d " and then " e < f > g " but not "
> b < Ó > d > here starts a new group: < e < f > g "
> On 31 ÏËÔ, 20:53, Matimus <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
>
>
> > On Oct 31, 10:25šam, netimen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
> > > I have a text containing brackets (or what is the correct term for
> > > '>'?). I'd like to match text in the uppermost level of brackets.
>
> > > So, I have sth like: 'aaaa 123 < 1 aaa < t bbb < a <tt š> ff > > 2 >
> > > bbbbb'. How to match text between the uppermost brackets ( 1 aaa < t
> > > bbb < a <tt š> ff > > 2 )?
>
> > > P.S. sorry for my english.
>
> > I think most people call them "angle brackets". Anyway it should be
> > easy to just match the outer most brackets:
>
> > >>> import re
> > >>> text = "aaaa 123 < 1 aaa < t bbb < a <tt š> ff > > 2 >"
> > >>> r = re.compile("<(.+)>")
> > >>> m = r.search(text)
> > >>> m.group(1)
>
> > ' 1 aaa < t bbb < a <tt š> ff > > 2 '
>
> > In this case the regular expression is automatically greedy, matching
> > the largest area possible. Note however that it won't work if you have
> > something like this: "<first> <second>".
>
> > Matt
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