[issue21593] Clarify re.search documentation first match

Berker Peksag added the comment: > This should also be applied to regex.search's docstring. Done. -- nosy: +berker.peksag resolution: -> fixed stage: commit review -> resolved status: open -> closed ___ Python tracker

[issue21593] Clarify re.search documentation first match

Roundup Robot added the comment: New changeset 48bb48e7499d by Berker Peksag in branch '3.5': Issue #21593: Clarify that re.search() returns the first match https://hg.python.org/cpython/rev/48bb48e7499d New changeset 243b95782059 by Berker Peksag in branch 'default': Issue #21593: Merge from

[issue21593] Clarify re.search documentation first match

Changes by Ezio Melotti : -- components: +Regular Expressions nosy: +ezio.melotti, mrabarnett stage: resolved -> commit review versions: -Python 3.4 ___ Python tracker

[issue21593] Clarify re.search documentation first match

Changes by Joshua Landau : -- versions: +Python 3.6 ___ Python tracker ___ ___

[issue21593] Clarify re.search documentation first match

Joshua Landau added the comment: This should also be applied to regex.search's docstring. https://docs.python.org/3.5/library/re.html#re.regex.search -- resolution: fixed - status: closed - open ___ Python tracker rep...@bugs.python.org

[issue21593] Clarify re.search documentation first match

Terry J. Reedy added the comment: Since I am 99.999% sure that first is intended, I will change 'a location' to 'the first location'. -- assignee: docs@python - terry.reedy nosy: +terry.reedy stage: - needs patch type: - enhancement versions: -Python 3.1, Python 3.2, Python 3.3

[issue21593] Clarify re.search documentation first match

Roundup Robot added the comment: New changeset f7bb1d73a341 by Terry Jan Reedy in branch '2.7': Issue #21593: (from StackOverflow) minor doc clarification for re.search. http://hg.python.org/cpython/rev/f7bb1d73a341 New changeset 6013a112aba0 by Terry Jan Reedy in branch '3.4': Issue #21593:

[issue21593] Clarify re.search documentation first match

Changes by Terry J. Reedy tjre...@udel.edu: -- resolution: - fixed stage: needs patch - resolved status: open - closed ___ Python tracker rep...@bugs.python.org http://bugs.python.org/issue21593 ___

[issue21593] Clarify re.search documentation first match

New submission from Joshua Landau: The documentation for re.search does not state that it returns the first match. This should be added, or a clarification added if this is implementation-defined. https://docs.python.org/3/library/re.html#re.search --- See also