Christoph Conrad <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hallo Alex, > > >> r = re.compile("[^a]*a{3}b+(a+b*)*") matches = [s for s in > >> listOfStringsToTest if r.match(s)] > > > Unfortunately, the OP's spec is even more complex than this, if we are > > to take to the letter what you just quoted; e.g. aazaaab SHOULD match, > > Then it's again "a{3}b", isn't it?
Except that this one would also match aazaaaaab, which it shouldn't. Alex -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list