New submission from Louis Michael <lou...@vt.edu>:
at https://docs.python.org/3/howto/regex.html#regex-howto and https://docs.python.org/3.8/howto/regex.html#regex-howto https://docs.python.org/3.7/howto/regex.html#regex-howto https://docs.python.org/3.6/howto/regex.html#regex-howto https://docs.python.org/3.5/howto/regex.html#regex-howto https://docs.python.org/3.4/howto/regex.html#regex-howto https://docs.python.org/2.7/howto/regex.html#regex-howto The following paragraph seems to have a small issue: " You can match the characters not listed within the class by complementing the set. This is indicated by including a '^' as the first character of the class; '^' outside a character class will simply match the '^' character. For example, [^5] will match any character except '5'. " ^ does not simply match ^ outside a character class since is a special character that represents the start of the string. I think the paragraph should read: You can match the characters not listed within the class by complementing the set. This is indicated by including a '^' as the first character of the class; '^' will act differently outside a character class as explained later. For example, [^5] will match any character except '5'. ---------- assignee: docs@python components: Documentation messages: 335953 nosy: docs@python, eric.araujo, ezio.melotti, louism, mdk, willingc priority: normal severity: normal status: open title: ^ used in inaccurate example in regex-howto type: enhancement versions: Python 2.7, Python 3.4, Python 3.5, Python 3.6, Python 3.7, Python 3.8 _______________________________________ Python tracker <rep...@bugs.python.org> <https://bugs.python.org/issue36038> _______________________________________ _______________________________________________ Python-bugs-list mailing list Unsubscribe: https://mail.python.org/mailman/options/python-bugs-list/archive%40mail-archive.com
