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diff --git a/Doc/library/re.rst b/Doc/library/re.rst index 88912eb..49c5215 100644 --- a/Doc/library/re.rst +++ b/Doc/library/re.rst @@ -84,8 +84,6 @@ the null byte using the ``\number`` notation, e.g., ``'\x00'``. The special characters are: -.. % - ``'.'`` (Dot.) In the default mode, this matches any character except a newline. If the :const:`DOTALL` flag has been specified, this matches any character @@ -297,8 +295,6 @@ The special sequences consist of ``'\'`` and a character from the list below. If the ordinary character is not on the list, then the resulting RE will match the second character. For example, ``\$`` matches the character ``'$'``. -.. % - ``\number`` Matches the contents of the group of the same number. Groups are numbered starting from 1. For example, ``(.+) \1`` matches ``'the the'`` or ``'55 55'``, @@ -384,9 +380,6 @@ there are three octal digits, it is considered an octal escape. Otherwise, it is a group reference. As for string literals, octal escapes are always at most three digits in length. -.. % Note the lack of a period in the section title; it causes problems -.. % with readers of the GNU info version. See http://www.python.org/sf/581414. - .. _matching-searching: @@ -406,15 +399,11 @@ beginning with ``'^'``: ``'^'`` matches only at the start of the string, or in :const:`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 *pos* -argument regardless of whether a newline precedes it. - -.. % Examples from Tim Peters: - -:: +argument regardless of whether a newline precedes it. :: >>> re.match("c", "abcdef") # No match >>> re.search("c", "abcdef") - <_sre.SRE_Match object at 0x827e9c0> # Match + <_sre.SRE_Match object at 0x827e9c0> # Match .. _contents-of-module-re: @@ -450,10 +439,9 @@ form. but the version using :func:`compile` is more efficient when the expression will be used several times in a single program. - .. % (The compiled version of the last pattern passed to - .. % \function{re.match()} or \function{re.search()} is cached, so - .. % programs that use only a single regular expression at a time needn't - .. % worry about compiling regular expressions.) + .. (The compiled version of the last pattern passed to :func:`re.match` or + :func:`re.search` is cached, so programs that use only a single regular + expression at a time needn't worry about compiling regular expressions.) .. data:: I |