Can someone help me with understanding how python uses backreferences?
I need to remember the item that was last matched by the re engine but i
cant seem to understand anything that I find on backreferences. if I
want to access the last match do i use \number or is there something
else i have to do?
heres part of my code:
renDate = re.compile("$(( \d){4}-(\d){2}-(\d){2}))")
renDate.search( l)
if(exist.search (l) and str(lastmodDate ) < \1): #i need help here with \1
Thanks in advance
A.D
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Amy Dillavou wrote: Can someone help me with understanding how python uses backreferences?
I need to remember the item that was last matched by the re engine but i
cant seem to understand anything that I find on backreferences. if I
want to access the last match do i use \number or is there something
else i have to do?
heres part of my code:
renDate = re.compile("$(( \d){4}-(\d){2}-(\d){2}))")
renDate.search( l)
if(exist.search (l) and str(lastmodDate ) < \1): #i need help here with \1
Thanks in advance
A.D
I haven't had to use backreferences yet, so I don't know offhand how to
go about it. What I do know is that this online book is very useful:
http://gnosis.cx/TPiP/
Chapter 3 covers REs:
http://gnosis.cx/TPiP/chap3.txt
From what I remember, in python you can use numbered backreferences (up
to 99), or named ones.
Iain
"Amy Dillavou" <gs****@line72. net> wrote in message
news:ma******** *************** **************@ python.org... Can someone help me with understanding how python uses backreferences?
I need to remember the item that was last matched by the re engine but i
cant seem to understand anything that I find on backreferences. if I
want to access the last match do i use \number or is there something
else i have to do?
heres part of my code:
renDate = re.compile("$(( \d){4}-(\d){2}-(\d){2}))")
renDate.search( l)
if(exist.search (l) and str(lastmodDate ) < \1): #i need help here with \1
Thanks in advance
A.D
renDate = re.compile(some _regex)
match = renDate.search( input)
if match and str(lastmodDate ) < match.group(1):
do_something()
HTH,
George
George and Iain -
Thanks for your help!!! It worked for me, and that book seems to be
really useful =)
A.D
On Wed, 2005-09-28 at 11:16 -0400, George Sakkis wrote: "Amy Dillavou" <gs****@line72. net> wrote in message
news:ma******** *************** **************@ python.org... Can someone help me with understanding how python uses backreferences?
I need to remember the item that was last matched by the re engine but i
cant seem to understand anything that I find on backreferences. if I
want to access the last match do i use \number or is there something
else i have to do?
heres part of my code:
renDate = re.compile("$(( \d){4}-(\d){2}-(\d){2}))")
renDate.search( l)
if(exist.search (l) and str(lastmodDate ) < \1): #i need help here with \1
Thanks in advance
A.D
renDate = re.compile(some _regex)
match = renDate.search( input)
if match and str(lastmodDate ) < match.group(1):
do_something()
HTH,
George
Iain King wrote: Amy Dillavou wrote:
Can someone help me with understanding how python uses backreferences?
I need to remember the item that was last matched by the re engine but i
cant seem to understand anything that I find on backreferences. if I
want to access the last match do i use \number or is there something
else i have to do?
heres part of my code:
renDate = re.compile("$(( \d){4}-(\d){2}-(\d){2}))")
renDate.searc h(l)
if(exist.sear ch(l) and str(lastmodDate ) < \1): #i need help here with \1
Thanks in advance
A.D
I haven't had to use backreferences yet, so I don't know offhand how to
go about it. What I do know is that this online book is very useful:
http://gnosis.cx/TPiP/
Chapter 3 covers REs:
http://gnosis.cx/TPiP/chap3.txt
From what I remember, in python you can use numbered backreferences (up
to 99), or named ones.
Iain
This shows both named backreferences and indexed. In both the
replacement and the searching.
(?P<name>data) sets the value of a named backreference named name to the
value of data (but can only be used in the pattern).
\NUMBER gets the value of a backreference by its index (can be used in
the pattern or the replacement).
(?P=name) gets the value of a named backreference (but only in the pattern).
\g<name> gets the value of a named backreference (but only in the
replacement).
Example:
re.sub(r"""<(?P <tag>H[1-5]) style="(.*)">(? P<text>.*)</(?P=tag)>""",
r"""<B style="\2">\g<t ext></B> | <\1 style="\2">\3<\ 1>""",
"""<H1 style="color: #000000">abc</H1>"""
)
HTH,
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