On Dec 19, 12:08 pm, Sharun <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Python newbie here. I am not clear about how the matching is taking > place when I do the following > > >str5 = 'aaa bbb\r\n ccc ddd\r\n eee fff' > >re5=re.compile('aaa.*(ddd|fff)',re.S); > >re5.search(str5).group(0) > > 'aaa bbb\r\n ccc ddd\r\n eee fff' > > >re5.search(str5).group(1) > > 'fff' > > I am trying to find the substring starting with 'aaa', and ending with > ddd OR fff. If ddd is found shouldnt the search stop? Shouldn't > re5.search(str5).group(0) return 'aaa bbb\r\n ccc ddd' ? > > Thanks
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