re problem

[Joshua Muskovitz]

> i am trying to create an re expression which will match y = mx + c,
> with m and c = a number upto 4 digits long. I first came up with
>
> self.linear = re.compile("y = [\d+?]x [+|-] \d+", re.IGNORECASE)

Just a guess, but don't you either need to double your backslashes or make
the string a raw string?

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# Joshua Muskovitz
# joshm at taconic.net
def lyyrs(sig): return '-'.join(sig.split()+["ly y'rs"])
lyyrs('Hire me!  I need the work!')




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