Issue 36510: Regular Expression Dot-Star patter matching - re- text skipping (original) (raw)
#Python 3.7.2 Tk version 8.6.8 #IDLE version: 3.7.2 #Following code does not return ALL the partial matched patters within a string
import re #_____________ #Normal Mode #_____________
atRegex = re.compile(r'...at')
TextStr=(atRegex.findall(':at-atat: The Bigcat sat in the hat sat on the flat sat mat sat.'))
print('\nFull Text String:---> :at-atat: The Bigcat sat in the hat sat on the flat sat mat sat\n')
print('\n Normal Mode: Returns\n' + ':--->' + str(TextStr))
#_____________
#Greedy Mode
#_____________
atRegex = re.compile(r'...at*')
TextStr=(atRegex.findall(':at-atat: The Bigcat sat in the hat sat on the flat sat mat sat.'))
print('\nFull Text String:---> :at-atat: The Bigcat sat in the hat sat on the flat sat mat sat mat\n')
print('\n Greedy Mode: Returns\n' + ':---> ' + str(TextStr)+'\n')
""" #===================================================================
IDLE OutPut Normal Mode and Greedy Mode: multiple 'sat' are missing
#=================================================================== Full Text String:---> :at-at~at: The Bigcat sat in the hat sat on the flat sat mat sat.
Normal Mode: Returns :---> ['at-at', 'igcat', 'e hat', ' flat', 't mat']
Full Text String:---> :at-at~at: The Bigcat sat in the hat sat on the flat sat mat sat.
Greedy Mode: Returns :---> ['at-at', 'igcat', 'e hat', ' flat', 't mat']
"""