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Author mrabarnett
Recipients adiba, ezio.melotti, mrabarnett
Date 2019-01-04.01:13:35
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Look at the spans of the groups:

>>> import re
>>> re.search(r'^(?:(\d*)(\D*))*$', "42AZ").span(1)
(4, 4)
>>> re.search(r'^(?:(\d*)(\D*))*$', "42AZ").span(2)
(4, 4)

They're telling you that the groups are matching twice (because of the outer *). The first time, they match ('42', 'AZ'); the second time, they match ('', '') at the end of the string.

Not a bug.
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2019-01-04 01:13:35mrabarnettsetmessageid: <1546564415.88.0.465914297935.issue35653@roundup.psfhosted.org>
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