Python RE Query.

[Ignacio Vazquez-Abrams]

On Sat, 15 Sep 2001, Robert Gahan wrote:

> # I am trying to create a regular expression such that if given a C
> signature, I can
> # extract all of the parameter arguements
> # e.g. for int print_date(char *date, char *month, char *year);
> # I return say the following tuple -> ("char *date", "char *month",  "char
> *year")

Two things:

1) When using groups, the most recent match replaces the previous
2) Your RE is very off

Use this RE instead:

  \w+\W+\**\W*\w+\(\W*(\w+\W+\**\W*\w+(\W*,\W*\w+\W+\**\W*\w+)*)\W*\);

It's not perfect, but it's much closer.

-- 
Ignacio Vazquez-Abrams  <ignacio at openservices.net>