You shouldn't be asking questions about using Python on python-dev -- this
list is for development of Python.
Your problem is easily explained however: the second argument to p.findall()
should be an offset, not a flag set. (You are confusing re.findall() and
p.findall().)
--Guido
On Fri, May 21, 2010 at 4:32 PM, Lu, Hongchao (UI Health Care) <
lu...@healthcare.uiowa.edu> wrote:
> Hi All,
>
> I am working on a script to use re.findall,
>
> But the result seems wield.
>
> --------------------------------------------------------------------
>
> import re
>
> p=re.compile("\S+",re.M)
>
> pirfile="""
>
> >DL;mm9|
>
> >DL;petMar1|
>
> >DL;cavPor3|
>
> >DL;mm9|:
>
> """
>
> for m in p.findall(pirfile,re.M):
>
> print m
>
> Results:
>
> |
>
> >DL;petMar1|
>
> >DL;cavPor3|
>
> >DL;mm9|
>
> The first result is missing some characters, Could you explain why? Any
> wrong with the script?
>
> I tried Python2.4/2.6/2.7, the result is same.
>
> Thank you.
>
> Hongchao Lu
>
>
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