[Tutor] New Issues with REGEX Greediness: (gpo)

2009-08-03 Thread ron
psst, there is NO standardized reg-ex. you've been living in a perl bubble. undoubtedly other people will have better advice. "Life can only be understood backwards; But it must be lived forwards" --S.K. ___ Tutor maillist - Tutor@python.or

Re: [Tutor] New Issues with REGEX Greediness:

2009-08-03 Thread Jerry Hill
On Sun, Aug 2, 2009 at 2:55 PM, gpo wrote: > > Python: > line='>Checking Privilege for UserId: > {874BE70A-194B-DE11-BE5C-000C297901A5}, PrivilegeId: {prvReadSdkMessage}. > Returned hr = 0' > (re.search('(\w+)\:.+.{8}-.{4}-.{4}-.{4}-.{12}',line)).group(0) > RESULT > 'UserId: {874BE70A-194B-DE11-BE5

[Tutor] New Issues with REGEX Greediness:

2009-08-02 Thread gpo
Thanks for the replies in the last thread. I'm still trying to figure out how Python is handling RegEx. I'm converting my thoughts from Perl (the mother of regex) to Python, and expect the same results. Why are they different? Perl: $line='>Checking Privilege for UserId: {874BE70A-194B-DE11-BE