Steven D'Aprano wrote: > On Sun, 07 Jan 2007 23:57:00 -0800, proctor wrote: > > > it does work now...however, one more question: when i type: > > > > rx_a = re.compile(r'a|b|c') > > it works correctly! > > > > shouldn't: > > rx_a = re.compile(makeRE(test)) > > give the same result since makeRE(test)) returns the string "r'a|b|c'" > > Those two strings are NOT the same. > > >>> s1 = r'a|b|c' > >>> s2 = "r'a|b|c'" > >>> print s1, len(s1) > a|b|c 5 > >>> print s2, len(s2) > r'a|b|c' 8 > > A string with a leading r *outside* the quotation marks is a raw-string. > The r is not part of the string, but part of the delimiter. > > A string with a leading r *inside* the quotation marks is just a string > with a leading r. It has no special meaning. > > > > -- > Steven D'Aprano
thanks steven, is there any way i would be successful then, in using raw string inside my makeRE() function? proctor. -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list