[Tutor] Regular Expression Help
Jacob Abraham
jakieabraham at yahoo.com
Tue Sep 30 02:42:16 EDT 2003
Dear Tutor,
I am having some trouble with my regular
expressions.
Here is my problem.
1. Find the word 'Required_Text:'
2. Find All characters till
a.A new line character or
b.The word 'Required_'
These were my failed attempts
import re
reg=re.search
a='''Some Text Required_Text: Some other text and
(23.32) numbers Required_Field: Some more text'''
b=reg('Required_Text:.*(Required_)?',a)
b.group()
'Required_Text: Some other text and (23.32) numbers
Required_Field: Some more text'
b=reg('Required_Text:.*?(Required_)?',a)
'Required_Field:'
Please help me capture
'Required_Text: Some other text and (23.32) numbers
Required_'
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