[Tutor] question regarding regular expression compile

[Luke Paireepinart]

No. Did you try that? It doesn't evn look like valid python code to me.
You want a single string with the r before it, not 3 separate strings.

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On Jan 12, 2011, at 8:02 AM, "Yaniga, Frank" <Frank.Yaniga at GDIT.com> wrote:

> I believe I had epiphany:
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>         test = re.compile('MAT file (billing|carrier|log|util)' r'\\' '\d{8} deleted')
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> is this correct?
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> From: Yaniga, Frank 
> Sent: Wednesday, January 12, 2011 8:20 AM
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> Subject: question regarding regular expression compile
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> I am determining a regular expression that can recognize the any of the following strings:
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> MAT file log\20101225 deleted
> MAT file billing\20101225 deleted
> MAT file util\20101225 deleted
> MAT file carrier\20101225 deleted
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> I begin by creating a regular expression object so that I can reuse it in multiple operations:
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>         test = re.compile(‘MAT file
>  
> for log, billing, util, and carrier I use an arbitrary match:
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>         (log|billing|util|carrier)
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> for 20101225 I use decimal digit with repetition match:
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>         \d{8}
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> and finish with:
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>         delete’)
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>  
> My question is how do I handle the backslash (NOTE: the match must only be a backslash)?
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