On Friday, August 19, 2011, jmfauth wrote: > On 19 août, 19:33, Matt Funk <matze...@gmail.com> wrote: > > The results obtained are: > > results: > > [(' 2.199000e+01', ' : (instance: 0)\t:\tsome description')] > > so this matches the last number plus the string at the end of the line, > > but no retaining the previous numbers. > > > > Anyway, i think at this point i will go another route. Not sure where the > > issues lies at this point. > > Seen on this list: > > And always keep this in mind: > 'Some people, when confronted with a problem, think "I know, I'll use > regular expressions." Now they have two problems.' > --Jamie Zawinski, comp.lang.emacs > > > I proposed a solution which seems to corresponds to your problem > if it were better formulated... Agreed, and i will probably take your proposed route or a similar one. However, i still won't know WHY it didn't work. I would really LIKE to know why, simply because it tickles me.
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