"Andy" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message news:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Hi there, > > I'm trying to do some predicting work over user input, here's my > question: > > for pattern r'match me', the string 'no' will definitely fail to match, > but 'ma' still has a chance if user keep on inputting characters after > 'ma', so how do I mark 'ma' as a possible match string? > > Thanks a lot, > > Andy > Maybe .startsWith might be more useful than re.match, since you are predicting user input based on characters that have been typed so far.
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