[Baypiggies] Bug in re module?

[Glen Jarvis]

Is this more what you were thinking?

import re
line = r"Test2.1.?"
matchobj = re.match(r".*(Test2\.1).*", line, 0)
print matchobj
print matchobj.groups()

Results:
<_sre.SRE_Match object at 0x10e35ae40>
('Test2.1',)


On Thu, Nov 29, 2012 at 11:08 AM, Glen Jarvis <glen at glenjarvis.com> wrote:

> import re
>
> line = "Test2.1"
>
> matchobj = re.match("Test2.1", line, 0)
>
> print matchobj
>
>
> yields <_sre.SRE_Match object at 0x1041bc100>
>
>
> I think Jake's advice is what you're looking for.. searching instead of
> matching. Or, if you really wanted to match, make it match the string and
> use groups so you can have stuff before (and possibly after).
>
>
> G
>
>
> On Thu, Nov 29, 2012 at 10:59 AM, Glen Jarvis <glen at glenjarvis.com> wrote:
>
>> What about the new line character in your code? Is that significant. I
>> ask instead of state since I am not certain -- but it's the first thing
>> this fresh pair if eyes danced to.
>>
>> Cheers,
>>
>>
>> Glen
>>
>> On Nov 29, 2012, at 10:57 AM, Mitch Patenaude <patenaude at gmail.com>
>> wrote:
>>
>> > Maybe I'm misunderstanding, but I think I have a bug in the re module:
>> > mpatenaude-mbp:tmp mpatenaude$ python2.7
>> > Python 2.7.3 (default, Apr 13 2012, 00:05:08)
>> > [GCC 4.2.1 (Apple Inc. build 5666) (dot 3)] on darwin
>> > Type "help", "copyright", "credits" or "license" for more information.
>> > >>> import re
>> > >>> line="\tTest2.1\n"
>> > >>> matchobj = re.match('Test2.1',line,0)
>> > >>> matchobj
>> >
>> > It's not matching a very simple string.
>> >
>> > (I know that '.' is a special character, but it should match any
>> character, including a period itself, so I didn't bother to escape it.)
>> >
>> > It *works* if I use findall rather than match, but I don't understand
>> why.
>> >
>> >   -- Mitch
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>
>
>
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>
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>


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