On Tue, 14 Dec 2004, Gooch, John wrote:
> I am used to ( in Perl ) the entire string being searched for a match > when using RegExp's. I assumed this was the way Python would do it do, > as Java/Javascript/VbScript all behaved in this manner. However, I found > that I had to add ".*" in front of my regular expression object before > it would search the entire string for a match. This seems a bit unusual > from my past experience, but it solved the issue I was experiencing. Hi John, The question actually comes up a lot. *grin* If you're interested, here are two more references that talk about "match() vs search()": Python Standard Library docs on 're' module: http://www.python.org/doc/lib/matching-searching.html Regular Expression HOWTO: http://www.amk.ca/python/howto/regex/regex.html#SECTION000720000000000000000 Good luck to you! _______________________________________________ Tutor maillist - [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/tutor