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Title:	'r[/]*', str, re.MULTILINE | re.DOTALL Won't match // in a string in Python3.6.8
Type:	behavior	Stage:	resolved
Components:	Library (Lib)	Versions:	Python 3.6

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Status:	closed	Resolution:	not a bug
Dependencies:		Superseder:
Assigned To:		Nosy List:	yanioaioan
Priority:	normal	Keywords:

Created on 2019-11-26 11:40 by yanioaioan, last changed 2022-04-11 14:59 by admin. This issue is now closed.

str="//"
matches = re.finditer('r[/]*', str, re.MULTILINE | re.DOTALL)
for match in matches:
    print(match.group(0))

The above will match double forward slash in Python2.7.15  but NOT in Python3.6.8.