Can someone explain the below behavior please?
>>> re1 = re.compile(r'(?:((?:1000|1010|1020))[ ]*?[\,]?[ ]*?){1,3}')
>>> re.findall(re_obj,'1000,1020,1000')
['1000']
>>> re.findall(re_obj,'1000,1020, 1000')
['1020', '1000']
However when I use "[\,]??" instead of "[\,]?" as below, I see a different
result
>>> re2 = re.compile(r'(?:((?:1000|1010|1020))[ ]*?[\,]??[ ]*?){1,3}')
>>> re.findall(re_obj,'1000,1020,1000')
['1000', '1020', '1000']
I am not able to understand what's causing the difference of behavior here, I
am assuming it's not 'greediness' if "?"
Thank you,
Kishor
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