Rares Vernica wrote:
> Hi,
>
> Isn't the following code supposed to return ('1994')?
>
> >>> re.search('(\d{4})?', '4 1994').groups()
> (None,)
>
> Thanks,
> Ray
The ? is allowing it to not match before it finds the 1994.
Note:
py> re.search('(\d{4})?', '1994 4').groups()
('1994',)
James
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