[Tutor] Help required

[vince spicer]

On Fri, Sep 25, 2009 at 1:56 PM, waqas ahmad <waqas805 at hotmail.com> wrote:

>
>
>  Hi,
>
> I dont know it is the right place to post this question. I need help to
> change one search code line . can you help me please.
>
> here is my search method code:
>
> search=re.compile("^#acl InternationalGroup.*\n", re.M).search(pagetext)
>     if search:
>         ret=search.group()
>     else:
>         ret='not defined'
>     return ret
>
> here i am searching for "#acl InternationalGroup" in the pageText and when
> it true is then give me search group.
>
>
> I want to change this for following requirement:
>
> I want to search  for "#acl InternationalGroup" and  "CatInternational" for
> both in the pageText.
> when "#acl InternationalGroup" is not there but only "CatInternational" is
> there. then return me search group.
>
> I shall be thankful to you for any help.
>
> Best Regards,
> Waqas
>
>
>
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i think this is what you are looking for:



search=re.compile("(#acl\sInternationalGroup|CatInternational).*\n",
re.M).search(pagetext)
if search:
    ret=search.findall()
else:
    ret='not defined'
return ret
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