python3 mystery

Jude DaShiell jdashiel at panix.com
Tue Sep 15 14:11:54 UTC 2015


Hi Tim,

Thanks much, that worked!  The quality of the lecture I was listening to 
was poor.  It would have been lots better were I able to see video but 
such is not the case.

On Tue, 15 Sep 2015, Tim Chase wrote:

> Date: Tue, 15 Sep 2015 08:19:18
> From: Tim Chase <blinux.list at thechases.com>
> Reply-To: Linux for blind general discussion <blinux-list at redhat.com>
> To: blinux-list at redhat.com
> Subject: Re: python3 mystery
> 
> On September 15, 2015, Jude DaShiell wrote:
>> ages=re.findall(r'\d[1,3]',examplestring)
>
> This should use curly-braces:
>
>  {1,3}
>
> instead of square braces, and this
>
>> names=re.findall(r'[A,Z][a,z]*',examplestring)
>
> should use a dash for the range instead of commas:
>
>  [A-Z][a-z]*
>
> which you might want to tweak for names like "MacArthur" in which
> case you'd want
>
>  [A-Z][A-Za-z]*
>
> Hope this helps,
>
> -tim
>
>
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