Results not quite what I expected

[Robin Thomas]

At 02:28 PM 4/2/01 -0500, Kemp Randy-W18971 wrote:
>Alex:
>    I tried your suggestion, and I am close, but not quite.  What is 
> happening with the number split?


>     number = re.compile(r'\d+\.?d*')

Your regex reads, "One or more digits, followed optionally by a '.' 
character, followed by zero or more occurrences of the string 'd'".

You forgot to backslash the last "d".


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Robin Thomas
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