Chris Green wrote at 2020-5-18 11:50 +0100: > ... >So in the particular case where I have a problem sbstrip is "[Ipswich >Recycle]" and the Subject: is "[SPAM] [Ipswich Recycle] OFFER: >Lawnmower (IP11)". The match isn't found, presumably because 'in' is >greedy and sees "[SPAM] [Ipswich Recycle]" which isn't a match for >"[Ipswich Recycle]".
`in` directly matches substrings; it is not greedy. -- https://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list