Hi, I'm trying to do something like :
if m = re.match(r'define\s+(\S+)\s*{$', line): thing = m.group(1) elif m = re.match(r'include\s+(\S+)$', line): thing = m.group(1) else thing = "" But in fact I'm not allowed to affect a variable in "if" statement. My code should then look like : if re.match(r'define\s+(\S+)\s*{$', line): m = re.match(r'define\s+(\S+)\s*{$', line) thing = m.group(1) elif re.match(r'include\s+(\S+)$', line): m = re.match(r'include\s+(\S+)$', line) thing = m.group(1) else thing = "" Which is not nice because I'm doing twice the same instruction or like : m = re.match(r'define\s+(\S+)\s*{$', line) if m: thing = m.group(1) else: m = re.match(r'include\s+(\S+)$', line) if m: thing = m.group(1) else thing = "" Which isn't nice neither because I'm going to have maybe 20 match tests and I wouldn't like to have 20 indentations. Anyone a recommendation? Thanks! -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list