Phil Mayes wrote:
I am trying to search for 1 or more empty or white-space-only lines. Empty lines work: >>> re.compile('(?m)(^$){1,2}') <_sre.SRE_Pattern object at 0x010F9218>One line with possible whitespace works: >>> re.compile('(?m)(^\s*$)') <_sre.SRE_Pattern object at 0x010F7860> Multiple lines with possible whitespace don't: >>> re.compile('(?m)(^\s*$)+') Traceback (most recent call last): File "<interactive input>", line 1, in <module> File "C:\Python25\lib\re.py", line 180, in compile return _compile(pattern, flags) File "C:\Python25\lib\re.py", line 233, in _compile raise error, v # invalid expression error: nothing to repeat Does anyone know a work-round?
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