Thanks Marek!
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On Dec 19, 12:08 pm, Sharun <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Python newbie here. I am not clear about how the matching is taking
> place when I do the following
>
> >str5 = 'aaa bbb\r\n ccc ddd\r\n eee fff'
> >re5=re.compile('aaa.*(ddd|fff)',re.S);
> >re5.search(str5).group(0)
>
> 'aaa bbb\r\n ccc ddd\
On 19 Gru, 13:08, Sharun <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> I am trying to find the substring starting with 'aaa', and ending with
> ddd OR fff. If ddd is found shouldnt the search stop? Shouldn't
> re5.search(str5).group(0) return 'aaa bbb\r\n ccc ddd' ?
The documentation for the re module (http://docs
Python newbie here. I am not clear about how the matching is taking
place when I do the following
>str5 = 'aaa bbb\r\n ccc ddd\r\n eee fff'
>re5=re.compile('aaa.*(ddd|fff)',re.S);
>re5.search(str5).group(0)
'aaa bbb\r\n ccc ddd\r\n eee fff'
>re5.search(str5).group(1)
'fff'
I am trying to find th
