[issue11239] regexp-howto - add missing } to metachars

Georg Brandl added the comment: Since ] was in the list, I've added } as well. (It's never a bad idea to quote ] and } unconditionally.) -- ___ Python tracker ___

[issue11239] regexp-howto - add missing } to metachars

Ezio Melotti added the comment: Actually '}' is not a metachar, the metachars should be only "|()[{.+*?^$\". >>> re.match('^a+(}+)b+$', '}bbb') <_sre.SRE_Match object at 0xb77aa860> >>> re.match('^a+(}+)b+$', '}bbb').group(1) '}' -- nosy: +ezio.melotti

[issue11239] regexp-howto - add missing } to metachars

Georg Brandl added the comment: Fixed in 3ec0a764ab5c. -- nosy: +georg.brandl resolution: -> fixed status: open -> closed ___ Python tracker ___ ___

[issue11239] regexp-howto - add missing } to metachars

Changes by Sandro Tosi : -- assignee: sandro.tosi -> docs@python nosy: +docs@python ___ Python tracker ___ ___ Python-bugs-list mailin

[issue11239] regexp-howto - add missing } to metachars

New submission from Sandro Tosi : hi, following up http://mail.python.org/pipermail/docs/2011-February/003099.html, here's a patch to add '}' to metachars, currently missing. -- assignee: sandro.tosi components: Documentation files: regex-howto-add-missin-metachar-py3k.patch keywords: