[issue516762] have a way to search backwards for re

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[issue516762] have a way to search backwards for re

Drekin added the comment: Hello, I wanted to use this feature and found this issue. It is marked as closed, being a duplicate of another closed issue. However the feature is actually not present. In 2008 it was planned to be added by Matthew Barnett in #3825, but the work of improving re

[issue516762] have a way to search backwards for re

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[issue516762] have a way to search backwards for re

Matthew Barnett [EMAIL PROTECTED] added the comment: Implemented as part of #3825. ___ Python tracker [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://bugs.python.org/issue516762 ___ ___ Python-bugs-list

[issue516762] have a way to search backwards for re

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[issue516762] have a way to search backwards for re

Amaury Forgeot d'Arc [EMAIL PROTECTED] added the comment: Why not? I needed such a feature some time ago. But if possible, it should be a keyword argument: re.search(..., backwards=True) similar to list.sort(reverse=True) -- nosy: +amaury.forgeotdarc

[issue516762] have a way to search backwards for re

Matthew Barnett [EMAIL PROTECTED] added the comment: Does this request still stand? I'm working on the re module at the moment. -- nosy: +mrabarnett ___ Python tracker [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://bugs.python.org/issue516762