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Help with Regular Expressions

I have been looking at the Python re module and have been trying to
make sense of a simple function that I'd like to do. However, no amount
of reading or googling has helped me with this. Forgive my
stone-headedness. I have done this with .NET and Java in the past but
damn if I can't get it done with Python for some reason. As such I am
sure it is something even simpler.

I am trying to find some matches and have them put into a list when
processing is done. I'll use a simple example like email addresses.

My input is the following:
wordList = ['myname1', 'm******@domain .tld', 'm******@domain .tld',
'myname4@domain ', 'm******@domain .tldx']

My regular expression would be something like '\w\@\w\.\w' (I realize
it could and should be more detailed but that's not the point for now).

I would like to find out how to output the matches for this expression
of my 'wordList' into a neat list variable. How do I get this done?

Thanks,

Harlin Seritt

Aug 10 '05
10 1623
The pyparsing distribution includes epydoc-generated class
documentation, and a few example programs. Dave Kuhlman has a nice
HOWTO at
http://www.rexx.com/~dkuhlman/python...00000000000000

Drop me a note if you are looking for some specific tips or techniques.
(I'm working on an article on using pyparsing as an adventure game
command processor.)

-- Paul

Aug 10 '05 #11

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