On Mon, Nov 2, 2015 at 10:17 PM, Seymore4Head <Seymore4Head@hotmail.invalid> wrote:
> On Mon, 2 Nov 2015 20:42:37 -0600, Tim Chase > <python.l...@tim.thechases.com> wrote: > > >On 2015-11-02 20:09, Seymore4Head wrote: > >> How do I make a regular expression that returns true if the end of > >> the line is an asterisk > > > >Why use a regular expression? > > > > if line[-1] == '*': > > yep(line) > > else: > > nope(line) > > > >-tkc > > > > > Because that is the part of Python I am trying to learn at the moment. > Thanks > -- > https://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list > My completely unsolicited advice is that regular expressions shouldn't be very high on the list of things to learn. They are very useful, and very tricky and prone many problems that can and should be learned to be resolved with much simpler methods. If you really want to learn regular expressions, that's great but the problem you posed is not one for which they are the best solution. Remember simpler is better than complex. -- Joel Goldstick http://joelgoldstick.com/stats/birthdays -- https://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
