On Fri, Aug 14, 2009 at 3:23 PM, kj<no.em...@please.post> wrote: > [snip] >>>> import re >>>> re.split('^', 'spam\nham\neggs\n') > ['spam\nham\neggs\n'] >>>> re.split('(?m)^', 'spam\nham\neggs\n') > ['spam\nham\neggs\n'] >>>> bol_re = re.compile('^', re.M) >>>> bol_re.split('spam\nham\neggs\n') > ['spam\nham\neggs\n'] > > Am I doing something wrong?
Why not just: >>> re.split(r'\n', 'spam\nham\neggs') \t -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list