Re: regex \b behaviour in python

2008-06-20 Thread Walter Cruz
> I'm surprised that splitting on \b doesn't work as expected, so it > might be that re.split has been defined only to split on one or more > characters. Is it something that should it be 'fixed'? Thats's my main doubt: is this a bug or not? []'s - Walter -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinf

Re: regex \b behaviour in python

2008-06-19 Thread MRAB
On Jun 19, 8:46 pm, André Malo <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > * Walter Cruz wrote: > > irb(main):001:0>"walter ' cruz".split(/\b/) > > => ["walter", " ' ", "cruz"] > > > and in php: > > > Array > > ( > >     [0] => > >     [1] => walter > >     [2] =>  ' > >     [3] => cruz > >     [4] => > > ) > > >

Re: regex \b behaviour in python

2008-06-19 Thread André Malo
* Walter Cruz wrote: > irb(main):001:0>"walter ' cruz".split(/\b/) > => ["walter", " ' ", "cruz"] > > and in php: > > Array > ( > [0] => > [1] => walter > [2] => ' > [3] => cruz > [4] => > ) > > > But in python the behaviour of \b is differente from ruby or php. My python

regex \b behaviour in python

2008-06-19 Thread Walter Cruz
Hi all! Just a simple question about the behaviour of a regex in python. (I discussed this on IRC, and they suggest me to post here). I tried to split the string "walter ' cruz" using \b . In ruby, it returns: irb(main):001:0>"walter ' cruz".split(/\b/) => ["walter", " ' ", "cruz"] and in php