RE: Python regex pattern from array of hex chars

2018-04-13 Thread Joseph L. Casale
-Original Message- From: Python-list On Behalf Of MRAB Sent: Friday, April 13, 2018 12:05 PM To: python-list@python.org Subject: Re: Python regex pattern from array of hex chars > Use re.escape: > > regex = re.compile('[^{}]+'.format(re.escape(''.join(c for c in > cha

Re: Python regex pattern from array of hex chars

2018-04-13 Thread MRAB
On 2018-04-13 18:28, Joseph L. Casale wrote: I have an array of hex chars which designate required characters. and one happens to be \x5C or "\". What foo is required to build the pattern to exclude all but: regex = re.compile('[^{}]+'.format(''.join(c for c in character_class))) I would use