[Python-ideas] Proposed convenience functions for re module

[Jan Kaliszewski]

Jan Kaliszewski <zuo at chopin.edu.pl> wrote:

> It sounds nice. But why not to use simply:
>
> m = re.match(s, '|'.join(pattern1, pattern2, pattern3, pattern4))

Sorry, I ment of course:

m = re.match('|'.join(pattern1, pattern2, pattern3, pattern4), s)

***

>     """Do a re.match on string using pattern,
>     returning dict containing groups which could be
>      got by index or by name."""

I ment: "...returning collections.DefaultDict..." (as you can see
in the code following).

Regards,

*j

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Jan Kaliszewski <zuo at chopin.edu.pl>