Hi, I'm trying to compile a regex Python with the re.VERBOSE flag (so that I can add some friendly comments).
However, the issue is, I normally use constants to define re-usable bits of the regex - however, these doesn't get interpreted inside the triple quotes. For example: import re TIMESTAMP = r'(?P<timestamp>\d{2}:\d{2}:\d{2}.\d{9})' SPACE = r' ' FOO = r'some_regex' BAR = r'some_regex' regexes = { 'data_sent': re.compile(""" TIMESTAMP # Timestamp of our log message SPACE FOO # Some comment SPACE """, re.VERBOSE), 'data_received': re.compile(""" TIMESTAMP # Timestamp of our log message SPACE BAR # Some comment SPACE """, re.VERBOSE), } Is there a way to use CONSTANTS (or at least re-use fragments of my regex), and also use re.VERBOSE so I can comment my regex? Cheers, Victor -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list