Why no match?

[Robin Becker]

In article <8ctT7.13638$o9.556973 at news1.tin.it>, Alex Martelli
<aleax at aleax.it> writes
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>
>Sure, this matches -- look at the end of the pattern: an equal sign, 0 or 
>more spaces, one digit, zero or more spaces, no constraints on what comes 
>after.  This part I just described in words matches the '=1' part of the 
>argument to method match, no?
>
>>>>> re.compile(r'^self\s*\.\s*test\s*=\s*\d\s*$').match('self.test=11')
>>>>> 
>
>But this specifies that the string ends after the match, and it doesn't, as 
>it has an extra digit '1' at the end.  So, the result is None.
>
>Maybe you want \d+ (one *or more* digits) in the pattern rather than just 
>\d (*exactly* one digit) as you have now?
too late too late
-- 
Robin Becker