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Is there a metacharacter to match transitions between any two of aset of non intersected char classes?

Hi,

'\b' only match the boundary between alphanumerical char and
nonalphanumeric al char. I'm wonder if there is a generic metacharacter
to match the boundary between any non intersected char set defined in
regex and its complement.

For example, I have a few non intersected char sets [a-zA-Z_0-9], [:]
and [\s], and lets call the new metacharactor \m.

r"abc\m" would be the same as r"abc\b"
r"abc:\m' would match "abc:" in r"abc:xy" but not "abc::xy"
r"a \m" (with one space) would match "a " (with one space) in "a abc"
but not "a abc" (with two spaces).

I would like that I have the flexibility to define more non
intersected char sets, while I don't want change the regex that I have
written.

Thanks,
Peng
Jul 24 '08 #1
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On Jul 24, 6:48*pm, Peng Yu <PengYu...@gmai l.comwrote:
Hi,

'\b' only match the boundary between alphanumerical char and
nonalphanumeric al char. I'm wonder if there is a generic metacharacter
to match the boundary between any non intersected char set defined in
regex and its complement.

For example, I have a few non intersected char sets [a-zA-Z_0-9], [:]
and [\s], and lets call the new metacharactor \m.

r"abc\m" would be the same as r"abc\b"
r"abc:\m' would match "abc:" in r"abc:xy" but not "abc::xy"
r"a \m" (with one space) would match "a " (with one space) in "a abc"
but not "a *abc" (with two spaces).

I would like that I have the flexibility to define more non
intersected char sets, while I don't want change the regex that I have
written.
Interesting idea. It could be added, but how much demand is there for
it?
Jul 25 '08 #2

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