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author | Georg Brandl <georg@python.org> | 2007-09-04 07:15:32 (GMT) |
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committer | Georg Brandl <georg@python.org> | 2007-09-04 07:15:32 (GMT) |
commit | 6911e3ce3f72af759908b869b73391ea00d328e2 (patch) | |
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Convert all print statements in the docs.
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diff --git a/Doc/howto/regex.rst b/Doc/howto/regex.rst index b200764..1f26687 100644 --- a/Doc/howto/regex.rst +++ b/Doc/howto/regex.rst @@ -1,5 +1,5 @@ **************************** - Regular Expression HOWTO + Regular Expression HOWTO **************************** :Author: A.M. Kuchling @@ -263,7 +263,7 @@ performing string substitutions. :: >>> import re >>> p = re.compile('ab*') - >>> print p + >>> p <re.RegexObject instance at 80b4150> :func:`re.compile` also accepts an optional *flags* argument, used to enable @@ -387,7 +387,7 @@ interpreter to print no output. You can explicitly print the result of :meth:`match` to make this clear. :: >>> p.match("") - >>> print p.match("") + >>> print(p.match("")) None Now, let's try it on a string that it should match, such as ``tempo``. In this @@ -395,7 +395,7 @@ case, :meth:`match` will return a :class:`MatchObject`, so you should store the result in a variable for later use. :: >>> m = p.match('tempo') - >>> print m + >>> m <_sre.SRE_Match object at 80c4f68> Now you can query the :class:`MatchObject` for information about the matching @@ -432,9 +432,9 @@ will always be zero. However, the :meth:`search` method of :class:`RegexObject` instances scans through the string, so the match may not start at zero in that case. :: - >>> print p.match('::: message') + >>> print(p.match('::: message')) None - >>> m = p.search('::: message') ; print m + >>> m = p.search('::: message') ; print(m) <re.MatchObject instance at 80c9650> >>> m.group() 'message' @@ -447,9 +447,9 @@ in a variable, and then check if it was ``None``. This usually looks like:: p = re.compile( ... ) m = p.match( 'string goes here' ) if m: - print 'Match found: ', m.group() + print('Match found: ', m.group()) else: - print 'No match' + print('No match') Two :class:`RegexObject` methods return all of the matches for a pattern. :meth:`findall` returns a list of matching strings:: @@ -466,7 +466,7 @@ instances as an iterator. [#]_ :: >>> iterator <callable-iterator object at 0x401833ac> >>> for match in iterator: - ... print match.span() + ... print(match.span()) ... (0, 2) (22, 24) @@ -483,7 +483,7 @@ take the same arguments as the corresponding :class:`RegexObject` method, with the RE string added as the first argument, and still return either ``None`` or a :class:`MatchObject` instance. :: - >>> print re.match(r'From\s+', 'Fromage amk') + >>> print(re.match(r'From\s+', 'Fromage amk')) None >>> re.match(r'From\s+', 'From amk Thu May 14 19:12:10 1998') <re.MatchObject instance at 80c5978> @@ -674,9 +674,9 @@ given location, they can obviously be matched an infinite number of times. For example, if you wish to match the word ``From`` only at the beginning of a line, the RE to use is ``^From``. :: - >>> print re.search('^From', 'From Here to Eternity') + >>> print(re.search('^From', 'From Here to Eternity')) <re.MatchObject instance at 80c1520> - >>> print re.search('^From', 'Reciting From Memory') + >>> print(re.search('^From', 'Reciting From Memory')) None .. % To match a literal \character{\^}, use \regexp{\e\^} or enclose it @@ -686,11 +686,11 @@ given location, they can obviously be matched an infinite number of times. Matches at the end of a line, which is defined as either the end of the string, or any location followed by a newline character. :: - >>> print re.search('}$', '{block}') + >>> print(re.search('}$', '{block}')) <re.MatchObject instance at 80adfa8> - >>> print re.search('}$', '{block} ') + >>> print(re.search('}$', '{block} ')) None - >>> print re.search('}$', '{block}\n') + >>> print(re.search('}$', '{block}\n')) <re.MatchObject instance at 80adfa8> To match a literal ``'$'``, use ``\$`` or enclose it inside a character class, @@ -717,11 +717,11 @@ given location, they can obviously be matched an infinite number of times. match when it's contained inside another word. :: >>> p = re.compile(r'\bclass\b') - >>> print p.search('no class at all') + >>> print(p.search('no class at all')) <re.MatchObject instance at 80c8f28> - >>> print p.search('the declassified algorithm') + >>> print(p.search('the declassified algorithm')) None - >>> print p.search('one subclass is') + >>> print(p.search('one subclass is')) None There are two subtleties you should remember when using this special sequence. @@ -733,9 +733,9 @@ given location, they can obviously be matched an infinite number of times. in front of the RE string. :: >>> p = re.compile('\bclass\b') - >>> print p.search('no class at all') + >>> print(p.search('no class at all')) None - >>> print p.search('\b' + 'class' + '\b') + >>> print(p.search('\b' + 'class' + '\b') ) <re.MatchObject instance at 80c3ee0> Second, inside a character class, where there's no use for this assertion, @@ -773,7 +773,7 @@ of a group with a repeating qualifier, such as ``*``, ``+``, ``?``, or ``ab``. :: >>> p = re.compile('(ab)*') - >>> print p.match('ababababab').span() + >>> print(p.match('ababababab').span()) (0, 10) Groups indicated with ``'('``, ``')'`` also capture the starting and ending @@ -1247,17 +1247,17 @@ It's important to keep this distinction in mind. Remember, :func:`match` will only report a successful match which will start at 0; if the match wouldn't start at zero, :func:`match` will *not* report it. :: - >>> print re.match('super', 'superstition').span() + >>> print(re.match('super', 'superstition').span()) (0, 5) - >>> print re.match('super', 'insuperable') + >>> print(re.match('super', 'insuperable')) None On the other hand, :func:`search` will scan forward through the string, reporting the first match it finds. :: - >>> print re.search('super', 'superstition').span() + >>> print(re.search('super', 'superstition').span()) (0, 5) - >>> print re.search('super', 'insuperable').span() + >>> print(re.search('super', 'insuperable').span()) (2, 7) Sometimes you'll be tempted to keep using :func:`re.match`, and just add ``.*`` @@ -1286,9 +1286,9 @@ doesn't work because of the greedy nature of ``.*``. :: >>> s = '<html><head><title>Title</title>' >>> len(s) 32 - >>> print re.match('<.*>', s).span() + >>> print(re.match('<.*>', s).span()) (0, 32) - >>> print re.match('<.*>', s).group() + >>> print(re.match('<.*>', s).group()) <html><head><title>Title</title> The RE matches the ``'<'`` in ``<html>``, and the ``.*`` consumes the rest of @@ -1304,7 +1304,7 @@ example, the ``'>'`` is tried immediately after the first ``'<'`` matches, and when it fails, the engine advances a character at a time, retrying the ``'>'`` at every step. This produces just the right result:: - >>> print re.match('<.*?>', s).group() + >>> print(re.match('<.*?>', s).group()) <html> (Note that parsing HTML or XML with regular expressions is painful. |