On Mon, Jul 23, 2007, James Hartley wrote: >On 7/23/07, Shidan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> I'm looking for a Python module that provides methods for ordering >> regexes based on >> how general they are ( how much they match). Do I have to write it > >Your question is relative. Classifying which regular expression is >more general depends upon the other regular expressions used in >comparison along with the specific input. As you change input & >regular expressions, the ordering will change.
As a first cut, one might sort the regular expression strings in reverse order such that the longer strings are tested first. Bill -- INTERNET: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Bill Campbell; Celestial Software LLC URL: http://www.celestial.com/ PO Box 820; 6641 E. Mercer Way FAX: (206) 232-9186 Mercer Island, WA 98040-0820; (206) 236-1676 Virtually everything is under federal control nowadays except the federal budget. -- Herman E. Talmadge, 1975 _______________________________________________ Tutor maillist - Tutor@python.org http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/tutor
