José, Matching can be greedy. Did it match to the last space?
What you want is a pattern that matches anything except a space (or whitespace) followed b matching a space or something similar. Or use a construct that makes matching non-greedy. Avi -----Original Message----- From: Python-list <python-list-bounces+avi.e.gross=gmail....@python.org> On Behalf Of jose isaias cabrera Sent: Thursday, March 2, 2023 2:23 PM To: python-list@python.org Subject: Regular Expression bug? Greetings. 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. josé -- What if eternity is real? Where will you spend it? Hmmmm... -- https://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list -- https://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
