try: re.search("(<python>)(/python>)", str).group() except: print 'not found'
otherwise, re.search("(<python>).*?(\/python>)", str).group() this is will help! Regards, Gurpreet Singh Blogging [at] http://garrythegambler.blogspot.com On 4 Jul 2005 01:04:47 -0700, jwaixs <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > arg... I've lost 1.5 hours of my precious time to try letting re work > correcty. There's really not a single good re tutorial or documentation > I could found! There are only reference, and if you don't know how a > module work you won't learn it from a reference! > > This is the problem: > > >>> import re > >>> str = "blabla<python>Re modules sucks!</python>blabla" > >>> re.search("(<python>)(/python>)", str).group() > Traceback (most recent call last): > File "<stdin>", line 1, in ? > AttributeError: 'NoneType' object has no attribute 'group' > > the only thing I want are the number of places blabla, Re modules > sucks! and blabla are. > > Noud > > -- > http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list > -- Thanks and Regards, GSS -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list