govind goyal wrote: > Hello, > > I want to use a pattern matcing (regular expression) inside "if > loop" such that if it will find "*MBytes*" and *"Mbits/sec"* both *at a > time * regardless of there position in a particular string ,then only it > executes code inside "if block". > > for example if my string is *"[904] 1.0- 2.0 sec 1.19 MBytes 10.0 > Mbits/sec 2.345 ms 0/ 850 (0%)"* then if condition evalutes to TRUE > and code inside it will be executed. > > If my string is *"Server listening on UDP port 5001"* then if condition > evaluates to False and code inside it will be not executed.
You don't need a regular expression for this, just search for both strings: if 'MBytes' in s or 'Mbits/sec' in s: You might want to change 'or' to 'and', I'm not sure which you want from your description. Kent _______________________________________________ Tutor maillist - Tutor@python.org http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/tutor
