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variables is regexp

Hi.
It would be nice to have the possibility to define variables inside
regexp.

Ad example:
(?$identifier=regexp) for defining variables
(?$identifier) for accessing variables.
Thanks and regards Manlio Perillo
Jul 18 '05 #1
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[Manlio]
It would be nice to have the possibility to define variables inside
regexp.

Ad example:
(?$identifier=regexp) for defining variables
(?$identifier) for accessing variables.


You can, using (?P<name>regex) to define them and (?P=name) to access them.
Here's my favourite example of regular expression abuse, using them to find
prime numbers:
import re
for i in range(2, 1000):
if not re.match(r'(?P<factor>xx+)(?P=factor)+$', 'x'*i):
print i

2
3
5
7
11
....

--
Richie Hindle
ri****@entrian.com
Jul 18 '05 #2

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