> Yes, and no extra for loops are needed! You can define groups inside > the lookahead assertion: > > >>> import re > >>> re.findall(r'(?=(aba))', 'abababababababab') > ['aba', 'aba', 'aba', 'aba', 'aba', 'aba', 'aba']
Wonderful and this works with any regexp, so
import re
def all_occurences(pat,str):
return re.findall(r'(?=(%s))'%pat,str)
all_occurences("a.a","abacadabcda") returns ["aba","aca","ada"] as
required.
- Murali
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