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authorFred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>1999-06-29 21:21:19 (GMT)
committerFred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>1999-06-29 21:21:19 (GMT)
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For "Matching vs. Searching", remove comment that the section is
incomplete; I don't remember what else I thought I was going to put in, but it looks o.k. to me know.
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@@ -286,8 +286,6 @@ for the current locale.
\subsection{Matching vs. Searching \label{matching-searching}}
\sectionauthor{Fred L. Drake, Jr.}{fdrake@acm.org}
-\strong{XXX This section is still incomplete!}
-
Python offers two different primitive operations based on regular
expressions: match and search. If you are accustomed to Perl's
semantics, the search operation is what you're looking for. See the
@@ -295,12 +293,12 @@ semantics, the search operation is what you're looking for. See the
regular expression objects.
Note that match may differ from search using a regular expression
-beginning with \character{\^}: \character{\^} matches only at the start
-of the string, or in \constant{MULTILINE} mode also immediately
-following a newline. "match" succeeds only if the pattern matches at
-the start of the string regardless of mode, or at the starting
-position given by the optional \var{pos} argument regardless of
-whether a newline precedes it.
+beginning with \character{\^}: \character{\^} matches only at the
+start of the string, or in \constant{MULTILINE} mode also immediately
+following a newline. The ``match'' operation succeeds only if the
+pattern matches at the start of the string regardless of mode, or at
+the starting position given by the optional \var{pos} argument
+regardless of whether a newline precedes it.
% Examples from Tim Peters:
\begin{verbatim}