On 2008-11-21 15:31, scsoce wrote: > say, when I try to search and match every char from variable length > string, such as string '123456',
??? That's a strange requirement. If you want to match every character, then why are you using a regular expression for this ? > i tried re.findall( r'(\d)*, '12346' ) > , but only get '6' and Python doc indeed say: "If a group is contained > in a part of the pattern that matched multiple times, the last match is > returned." > cause the regx engine cannot remember all the past history then ? is it > nature to all regx engine or only to Python ? >>> list(re.match( r'(\d*)', '12346' ).group(1)) ['1', '2', '3', '4', '6'] -- Marc-Andre Lemburg eGenix.com Professional Python Services directly from the Source (#1, Nov 21 2008) >>> Python/Zope Consulting and Support ... http://www.egenix.com/ >>> mxODBC.Zope.Database.Adapter ... http://zope.egenix.com/ >>> mxODBC, mxDateTime, mxTextTools ... http://python.egenix.com/ ________________________________________________________________________ 2008-11-12: Released mxODBC.Connect 0.9.3 http://python.egenix.com/ :::: Try mxODBC.Zope.DA for Windows,Linux,Solaris,MacOSX for free ! :::: eGenix.com Software, Skills and Services GmbH Pastor-Loeh-Str.48 D-40764 Langenfeld, Germany. CEO Dipl.-Math. Marc-Andre Lemburg Registered at Amtsgericht Duesseldorf: HRB 46611 -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
