MRAB wrote: > Steve Holden wrote: >> MRAB wrote: >>> schickb wrote: >>>> I need a regex that will match strings containing only unicode letter >>>> characters (not including numeric or the _ character). I was surprised >>>> to find the 're' module does not include a special character class for >>>> this already (python 2.6). Or did I miss something? >>>> >>>> It seems like this would be a very common need. Is the following the >>>> only option to generate the character class (based on an old post by >>>> Martin v. Löwis )? >>>> >>> [snip] >>> Basically, yes. >>> >>> The re module was last worked on in 2003 (remember it's all voluntary!). >>> Such omissions should be addressed in Python 2.7. >> >> By "should be" do you mean "ought to be (but I have no intention of >> helping)", "are expected to be (but someone else will be doing the >> work", "it's on my list and I am expecting to get finished in time for >> 2.7 integration" or something else? >> > The third one.
Well, that's good news. Let me know if you need help. regards Steve -- Steve Holden +1 571 484 6266 +1 800 494 3119 Holden Web LLC http://www.holdenweb.com/ -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
