regex module, or don't work as expected

Howdy, i have the following regex iface lo[\w\t\n\s]+(?=(iface)|$) If iface don't follow after the regex iface lo[\w\t\n\s] the rest of the text should be selected. But ?=(iface) is ignored, it is always the whole texte selected. What is wrong? many thanks greetings Fabian --

Re: regex module, or don't work as expected

In [EMAIL PROTECTED], Fabian Holler wrote: Howdy, i have the following regex iface lo[\w\t\n\s]+(?=(iface)|$) If iface don't follow after the regex iface lo[\w\t\n\s] the rest of the text should be selected. But ?=(iface) is ignored, it is always the whole texte selected. What is

Re: regex module, or don't work as expected

Hello Marc, thank you for your answer. Marc 'BlackJack' Rintsch wrote: In [EMAIL PROTECTED], Fabian Holler wrote: i have the following regex iface lo[\w\t\n\s]+(?=(iface)|$) If iface don't follow after the regex iface lo[\w\t\n\s] the rest of the text should be selected. But ?=(iface) is

Re: regex module, or don't work as expected

Fabian Holler wrote: Yes thats right, but that isn't my problem. The problem is in the (?=(iface)|$) part. no, the problem is that you're thinking procedural string matching from left to right, but that's not how regular expressions work. I have i.e. the text: auto lo eth0 MATCH