On May 29, 12:16 pm, Andrew Berg <bahamutzero8...@gmail.com> wrote: > > I've been meaning to learn how to use parenthesis groups. > > Also, be sure to > > use a raw string when composing REs, so you don't run into backslash > > issues. > > How would I do that when grabbing strings from a config file (via the > configparser module)? Or rather, if I have a predefined variable > containing a string, how do change it into a raw string? When reading the RE from a file it's not an issue. Only literal strings can be raw. If the data is in a file, the data will not be parsed by the Python interpreter. This was just a general warning to anyone working with REs. It didn't apply in this case.
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