test assignmet problem

[Paolo Pantaleo]

So I tried this

        if(not (attr=global_re.match(line)) ):
            break

it says  invalid syntax [on the =]
so it is not possible to do test and assignment in C style?
how can I write this otherwise?

Thnx
PAolo
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