"Fredrik Lundh" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message news:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Roger L. Cauvin wrote: > >> Good suggestion. Here are some "test cases": >> >> "xyz123aaabbab" accept >> "xyz123aabbaab" reject >> "xayz123aaabab" accept >> "xaaayz123abab" reject >> "xaaayz123aaabab" accept > > $ more test.py > > import re > > print "got expected" > print "------ --------" > > testsuite = ( > ("xyz123aaabbab", "accept"), > ("xyz123aabbaab", "reject"), > ("xayz123aaabab", "accept"), > ("xaaayz123abab", "reject"), > ("xaaayz123aaabab", "accept"), > ) > > for string, result in testsuite: > m = re.search("aaab", string) > if m: > print "accept", > else: > print "reject", > print result > > > $ python test.py > got expected > --------------- > accept accept > reject reject > accept accept > reject reject > accept accept
Thanks, but the second test case I listed contained a typo. It should have contained a sequence of three of the letter 'a'. The test cases should be: "xyz123aaabbab" accept "xyz123aabbaaab" reject "xayz123aaabab" accept "xaaayz123abab" reject "xaaayz123aaabab" accept Your pattern fails the second test. -- Roger L. Cauvin [EMAIL PROTECTED] (omit the "nospam_" part) Cauvin, Inc. Product Management / Market Research http://www.cauvin-inc.com -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
