pattern match

[Max M]

Mitch MF Cummstain wrote:
>                I just started using python and I need help with a
> pattern match.
>       
>    m = re.match("(.{30})(word)(.{30})",paragraph);
> 
> I need to match 30 characters on each side of word.  The problem word
> is getting treated as a string not a variable like I need it to.  How
> can I make it treat word as a variable ?

Are you sure this is how you want to do it? Perhaps a simple slice can 
do the trick. It's hard to know without an example string.

word = paragraph[31:word.rfind(')')]

Also you say you want word to be a variable. But in which way, and what 
value should it hold?

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