On 04/04/2005-04:20PM, lothar wrote:
>
> how then, do i specify a non-greedy regex
> <1st-pat><not-1st-pat>*?<follow-pat>
>
> that is, such that non-greedy part <not-1st-pat>*?
> excludes a match of <1st-pat>
>
jet% cat vwre2.py
#! /usr/bin/env python
import re
vwre = re.compile("V[^V]W")
vwlre = re.compile("V[^V]WL")
if __name__ == "__main__":
newdoc = "V1WVVV2WWW"
vwli = re.findall(vwre, newdoc)
print "vwli[], expect", ['V1W', 'V2W']
print "vwli[], return", vwli
newdoc = "V1WLV2WV3WV4WLV5WV6WL"
vwlli = re.findall(vwlre, newdoc)
print "vwlli[], expect", ['V1WL', 'V4WL', 'V6WL']
print "vwlli[], return", vwlli
jet% ./vwre2.py
vwli[], expect ['V1W', 'V2W']
vwli[], return ['V1W', 'V2W']
vwlli[], expect ['V1WL', 'V4WL', 'V6WL']
vwlli[], return ['V1WL', 'V4WL', 'V6WL']
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