Steven Bethard wrote:
> Steven Bethard wrote:
>> Could you post a simple example or two?
> 
> Josiah Carlson wrote:
>>     index = text.find(...)
>>     if index >= 0:
>>         ...
>>
> [snip]
>>     index = 0
>>     while 1:
>>         index = text.find(..., index)
>>         if index == -1:
>>             break
>>         ...
>>
> 
> Thanks.  So with your search() function, these would be something like:
> 
>     indices = text.search(pattern, count=1)
>     if indices:
>         index, = indices
>         ...

Or even

indices = text.search(pattern, count=1)
for index in indices:
     ...

Georg

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