Re: + in regular expression

Ian Kelly

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10-05-2012

On Thu, Oct 4, 2012 at 9:44 PM, Saroo Jain <> wrote:
> x3=re.match("\s{6}+",str)
>
> instead use
> x3=re.match("\s{6,}",str)
>
> This serves the purpose. And also give some food for thought for why the first one throws an error.

That matches six or more spaces, not multiples of six spaces.

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