[issue516762] have a way to search backwards for re

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[issue516762] have a way to search backwards for re

Drekin added the comment: Hello, I wanted to use this feature and found this issue. It is marked as closed, being a duplicate of another closed issue. However the feature is actually not present. In 2008 it was planned to be added by Matthew Barnett in #3825, but the work of improving re modul

[issue516762] have a way to search backwards for re

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[issue516762] have a way to search backwards for re

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[issue516762] have a way to search backwards for re

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[issue516762] have a way to search backwards for re

Amaury Forgeot d'Arc <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> added the comment: Why not? I needed such a feature some time ago. But if possible, it should be a keyword argument: re.search(..., backwards=True) similar to list.sort(reverse=True) -- nosy: +amaury.forgeotdarc __

[issue516762] have a way to search backwards for re

Matthew Barnett <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> added the comment: Does this request still stand? I'm working on the re module at the moment. -- nosy: +mrabarnett ___ Python tracker <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>