pyluke wrote:
> I'm parsing LaTeX document and want to find lines with equations blocked
> by "\[" and "\]", but not other instances of "\[" like "a & b & c \\[5pt]"
>
> so, in short, I was to match "\[" but not "\\]"
>
> to add to this, I also don't want lines that start with comments.
>
>
> I've tried:
> check_eq = re.compile('(?!\%\s*)\\\\\[')
> check_eq.search(line)
>
> this works in finding the "\[" but also the "\\["
>
> so I would think this would work
> check_eq = re.compile('(?![\%\s*\\\\])\\\\\[')
> check_eq.search(line)
>
> but it doesn't. Any tips?
Alright, this seems to work:
re.compile('(?<![(\%\s*)(\\\\)])\\\\\[')
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