On Wed, Aug 9, 2017 at 2:37 AM, Larry Martell <larry.mart...@gmail.com> wrote: > Anyone have any code or know of any packages for validating a regexp? > > I have an app that allows users to enter regexps for db searching. > When a user enters an invalid one (e.g. 'A|B|' is one I just saw) it > causes downstream issues. I'd like to flag it at entry time.
re.compile()? Although I'm not sure that 'A|B|' is actually invalid. But re.compile("(") throws. ChrisA -- https://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list