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| author | Senthil Kumaran <senthil@uthcode.com> | 2012-03-12 03:37:39 (GMT) |
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| committer | Senthil Kumaran <senthil@uthcode.com> | 2012-03-12 03:37:39 (GMT) |
| commit | 15b6f3f825ed435522c6775bfe600f5a8e7cd437 (patch) | |
| tree | 4abf1db84e08b6a275b0182ea6f13fedfa38ba69 | |
| parent | b60156e809038ab5f8c59152ddeaa0d44ad9ed6a (diff) | |
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Fix closes issue14258 - added clarification to \W and \S flags
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1 files changed, 12 insertions, 8 deletions
diff --git a/Doc/library/re.rst b/Doc/library/re.rst index 7835758..e3bac50 100644 --- a/Doc/library/re.rst +++ b/Doc/library/re.rst @@ -361,12 +361,12 @@ the second character. For example, ``\$`` matches the character ``'$'``. character properties database. ``\S`` - When the :const:`LOCALE` and :const:`UNICODE` flags are not specified, matches - any non-whitespace character; this is equivalent to the set ``[^ \t\n\r\f\v]`` - With :const:`LOCALE`, it will match any character not in this set, and not - defined as space in the current locale. If :const:`UNICODE` is set, this will - match anything other than ``[ \t\n\r\f\v]`` and characters marked as space in - the Unicode character properties database. + When the :const:`LOCALE` and :const:`UNICODE` flags are not specified, + matches any non-whitespace character; this is equivalent to the set ``[^ + \t\n\r\f\v]`` With :const:`LOCALE`, it will match the above set plus any + non-space character in the current locale. If :const:`UNICODE` is set, the + above set ``[^ \t\n\r\f\v]`` plus the characters not marked as space in the + Unicode character properties database. ``\w`` When the :const:`LOCALE` and :const:`UNICODE` flags are not specified, matches @@ -381,12 +381,16 @@ the second character. For example, ``\$`` matches the character ``'$'``. any non-alphanumeric character; this is equivalent to the set ``[^a-zA-Z0-9_]``. With :const:`LOCALE`, it will match any character not in the set ``[0-9_]``, and not defined as alphanumeric for the current locale. If :const:`UNICODE` is set, - this will match anything other than ``[0-9_]`` and characters marked as - alphanumeric in the Unicode character properties database. + this will match anything other than ``[0-9_]`` plus characters classied as + not alphanumeric in the Unicode character properties database. ``\Z`` Matches only at the end of the string. +If both :const:`LOCALE` and :const:`UNICODE` flags are included for a +particular sequence, then :const:`LOCALE` flag takes effect first followed by +the :const:`UNICODE`. + Most of the standard escapes supported by Python string literals are also accepted by the regular expression parser:: |