On Jan 7, 2014, at 12:55 PM, Gene Wirchenko <ge...@telus.net> wrote: > Regexes sure get talked up, but they can easily turn into write-only code.
True, which is why I like the 'verbose' flag in the Python regular expression module. This allows you to break up your pattern string into multiple lines, with a comment for each part. The expression I submitted would be written like this: import re pat = re.compile(r" ^ # Start of string [^@]+ # More than one of any character but '@' @ # The '@' character [^\.\@]+ # More than one of any character except '@' or '.' \. # The '.' character [^@]+", # More than one of any character but '@' re.VERBOSE) -- Ed Leafe _______________________________________________ Post Messages to: ProFox@leafe.com Subscription Maintenance: http://mail.leafe.com/mailman/listinfo/profox OT-free version of this list: http://mail.leafe.com/mailman/listinfo/profoxtech Searchable Archive: http://leafe.com/archives/search/profox This message: http://leafe.com/archives/byMID/profox/2a91fa1e-0878-41c5-bc34-705104602...@rackspace.com ** All postings, unless explicitly stated otherwise, are the opinions of the author, and do not constitute legal or medical advice. This statement is added to the messages for those lawyers who are too stupid to see the obvious.