abcd wrote:
> I have a regex: '[A-Za-z]:\\([^/:\*\?"<>\|])*'
>
> when I do, re.compile('[A-Za-z]:\\([^/:\*\?"<>\|])*') ...I get
>
> sre_constants.error: unbalanced parenthesis
>
> do i need to escape something else? i see that i have matching
> parenthesis.You should use raw string: re.compile(r'[A-Za-z]:\\([^/:\*\?"<>\|])*') Regards, Rob -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
