On 2023-03-02 at 14:22:41 -0500, jose isaias cabrera <jic...@gmail.com> wrote:
> For the RegExp Gurus, consider the following python3 code: > <code> > import re > s = "pn=align upgrade sd=2023-02-" > ro = re.compile(r"pn=(.+) ") > r0=ro.match(s) > >>> print(r0.group(1)) > align upgrade > </code> > > This is wrong. It should be 'align' because the group only goes up-to > the space. Thoughts? Thanks. The bug is in your regular expression; the plus modifier is greedy. If you want to match up to the first space, then you'll need something like [^ ] (i.e., everything that isn't a space) instead of that dot. -- https://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
