Helmut Jarausch schrieb: > Hi, > sorry, this seems to be a FAQ but I couldn't find anything > > I need to check if an object is a compiled regular expression > > Say > import re > RX= re.compile('^something') > > how to test > > "if RX is a compiled regular expression" > > type(RX) says > <type '_sre.SRE_Pattern'> > > but > > if isinstance(RX,_sre.SRE_Pattern) > and > if isinstance(RX,re._sre.SRE_Pattern) > both fail. > > Many thanks for a hint,
Just invoke type on a compiled expression and store that: Python 2.4.1 (#2, Mar 31 2005, 00:05:10) [GCC 3.3 20030304 (Apple Computer, Inc. build 1666)] on darwin Type "help", "copyright", "credits" or "license" for more information. Welcome to rlcompleter2 0.96 for nice experiences hit <tab> multiple times >>> import re >>> re_type = type(re.compile("foo")) >>> isinstance(re.compile("bar"), re_type) True >>> Diez -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list