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diff --git a/Doc/library/re.rst b/Doc/library/re.rst index 49c5215..7de088a 100644 --- a/Doc/library/re.rst +++ b/Doc/library/re.rst @@ -98,7 +98,9 @@ The special characters are: string, and in :const:`MULTILINE` mode also matches before a newline. ``foo`` matches both 'foo' and 'foobar', while the regular expression ``foo$`` matches only 'foo'. More interestingly, searching for ``foo.$`` in ``'foo1\nfoo2\n'`` - matches 'foo2' normally, but 'foo1' in :const:`MULTILINE` mode. + matches 'foo2' normally, but 'foo1' in :const:`MULTILINE` mode; searching for + a single ``$`` in ``'foo\n'`` will find two (empty) matches: one just before + the newline, and one at the end of the string. ``'*'`` Causes the resulting RE to match 0 or more repetitions of the preceding RE, as |