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Created on 2013-01-17 23:49 by jaredgrubb, last changed 2022-04-11 14:57 by admin. This issue is now closed.
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| msg180162 - (view) | Author: Jared Grubb (jaredgrubb) | Date: 2013-01-17 23:49 | |
re.match matches, but the capture groups are empty. That's not possible.
Python 2.7.2 (default, Oct 11 2012, 20:14:37)
[GCC 4.2.1 Compatible Apple Clang 4.0 (tags/Apple/clang-418.0.60)] on darwin
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>>> import re
>>> re.match('.*', 'stuff').group() # greedy matches and captures; cool.
'stuff'
>>> re.match('.*?', 'stuff').group() # nongreedy matches (cool) but doesnt capture (huh?)
''
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| msg180164 - (view) | Author: R. David Murray (r.david.murray) *  |
Date: 2013-01-18 00:12 | |
Wouldn't a non-greedy .* match the null string? |
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| msg180165 - (view) | Author: Jared Grubb (jaredgrubb) | Date: 2013-01-18 00:14 | |
Yes:
>>> re.match('.*', '')
<_sre.SRE_Match object at 0x107c6d308>
>>> re.match('.*?', '')
<_sre.SRE_Match object at 0x107c6d370>
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| msg180166 - (view) | Author: R. David Murray (r.david.murray) * |
Date: 2013-01-18 00:16 | |
So, group() is returning the correct value, then. |
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| msg180167 - (view) | Author: Jared Grubb (jaredgrubb) | Date: 2013-01-18 00:21 | |
You're right. My mistake. I thought "match" meant "the full string must match", but in Python it means "the beginning must match". Sorry for the noise. |
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| Date | User | Action | Args |
| 2022-04-11 14:57:40 | admin | set | github: 61194 |
| 2013-01-18 00:21:39 | jaredgrubb | set | messages: + msg180167 |
| 2013-01-18 00:16:53 | r.david.murray | set | status: open -> closed resolution: not a bug messages: + msg180166 stage: resolved |
| 2013-01-18 00:14:07 | jaredgrubb | set | messages: + msg180165 |
| 2013-01-18 00:12:21 | r.david.murray | set | nosy:
+ r.david.murray messages: + msg180164 |
| 2013-01-17 23:49:03 | jaredgrubb | create | |