Iain King wrote: > steven = re.compile("Ste(v|ph|f|ff)(e|a)n")
Also you can expand the RE a bit to improve readability: re.compile("Stev|Steph|Stef|Steff)(en|an)") -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
Iain King wrote: > steven = re.compile("Ste(v|ph|f|ff)(e|a)n")
Also you can expand the RE a bit to improve readability: re.compile("Stev|Steph|Stef|Steff)(en|an)") -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list