On 15/04/15 09:24, Peter Otten wrote:
function call. I've never seen (or noticed?) the embedded form,
and don't see it described in the docs anywhere
Quoting <https://docs.python.org/dev/library/re.html>:
"""
(?aiLmsux)
(One or more letters from the set 'a', 'i', 'L', 'm', 's', 'u', 'x'.) The
group matches the empty string; the letters set the corresponding flags:
Aha. The trick is knowing the correct search string... I tried 'flag'
and 'verbose' but missed this entry.
Again, where is that described?
"""
(?#...)
A comment; the contents of the parentheses are simply ignored.
"""
OK, I missed that too.
Maybe I just wasn't awake enough this morning! :-)
Thanks Peter.
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