Markus Jais wrote: > when I put it in a file: > File "./re.py", line 4, in ? > p = re.compile('ab*') > AttributeError: 're' module has no attribute 'compile' try changing the name of your test script... </F> <!-- (the eff-bot guide to) the python standard library: http://www.pythonware.com/people/fredrik/librarybook.htm -->