On Thu, Mar 2, 2023 at 2:32 PM <2qdxy4rzwzuui...@potatochowder.com> wrote: > > 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.
Thanks. I appreciate your wisdom. josé -- What if eternity is real? Where will you spend it? Hmmmm... -- https://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
