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 More options Sep 26 2012, 11:47 am
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From: Alister <alister.w...@ntlworld.com>
Date: Wed, 26 Sep 2012 15:47:46 GMT
Local: Wed, Sep 26 2012 11:47 am
Subject: Re: regular expression : the dollar sign ($) work with re.match() or re.search()
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On Wed, 26 Sep 2012 10:48:00 +0300, Jussi Piitulainen wrote:
> iMath writes:

>> I only know the dollar sign ($) will match a pattern from the end of a
>> string, but which method does it work with, re.match() or re.search()

> It works with both. With re.match, the pattern has to match at the start
> of the string _and_ the $ has to match the end of the string (or a
> line); re.search scans the string until it finds a suitable start.

> What was the weird character that you used as a question mark? I removed
> them because they confuse the newsreader I use.

It shows fine in my news reader, perhaps you should consider changing to
one that works properly (btw I am using pan on a fedora 17 netbook)

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