[Python-3000] Droping find/rfind?

[Steven Bethard]

Steven Bethard wrote:
> Could you post a simple example or two?

Josiah Carlson wrote:
>     index = text.find(...)
>     if index >= 0:
>         ...
>
[snip]
>     index = 0
>     while 1:
>         index = text.find(..., index)
>         if index == -1:
>             break
>         ...
>

Thanks.  So with your search() function, these would be something like:

    indices = text.search(pattern, count=1)
    if indices:
        index, = indices
        ...

and

    for index in text.search(pattern):
        ...

if I understood the proposal right.

Steve
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