On Tue, Aug 31, 2010 at 12:02 AM, Serdar Tumgoren <zstumgo...@gmail.com> wrote: > To make a qualifier non-greedy, >> >> simply add an asterix at its end: >> >> r'<email>WORD1-.*?</email>' >> > > Hugo explains this nicely, but I just wanted to make one minor correction > -- the non-greedy qualifier is the question mark AFTER an the asterisk > (which is what Hugo's code shows but I believe he accidentally left off). >
ah, sorry, a bit of cognitive dissonance on my end. You're right of course. That should've read "To make a qualifier non-greedy, add a *question mark* at the end." Hugo _______________________________________________ Tutor maillist - Tutor@python.org To unsubscribe or change subscription options: http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/tutor