check if regeular expression has results

2007-08-09 Thread shahargs
Hi, I'm looking for the best way to check if regular expression return true (it's mean - there is a match). for example, i want if that check if this regular expression: .*born.*to.* has a match. What's the way to do that simply? Thanks a lot, Shahar. --

Re: check if regeular expression has results

2007-08-09 Thread Marc 'BlackJack' Rintsch
On Thu, 09 Aug 2007 05:58:22 -0700, shahargs wrote: I'm looking for the best way to check if regular expression return true (it's mean - there is a match). for example, i want if that check if this regular expression: .*born.*to.* has a match. What's the way to do that simply? Simply use

Re: check if regeular expression has results

2007-08-09 Thread Patrick Doyle
On 8/9/07, [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hi, I'm looking for the best way to check if regular expression return true (it's mean - there is a match). for example, i want if that check if this regular expression: .*born.*to.* has a match. What's the way to do that simply? How

Re: check if regeular expression has results

2007-08-09 Thread Neil Cerutti
On 2007-08-09, [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hi, I'm looking for the best way to check if regular expression return true (it's mean - there is a match). for example, i want if that check if this regular expression: .*born.*to.* has a match. What's the way to do that simply?

Re: check if regeular expression has results

2007-08-09 Thread Steve Holden
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hi, I'm looking for the best way to check if regular expression return true (it's mean - there is a match). for example, i want if that check if this regular expression: .*born.*to.* has a match. What's the way to do that simply? A failed match returns None. A

Re: check if regeular expression has results

2007-08-09 Thread Bruno Desthuilliers
Neil Cerutti a écrit : On 2007-08-09, [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hi, I'm looking for the best way to check if regular expression return true (it's mean - there is a match). for example, i want if that check if this regular expression: .*born.*to.* has a match. What's the way to