question on pattern

[Sean 'Shaleh' Perry]

On 07-Jun-2002 Ulrich Pfisterer wrote:
> I want to do a pattern match on a string that spans multiple lines (c++ 
> style comments, re.match('(/\*.*?\*/)', filestring)
> If I use the re.findall(pattern, string) method it only finds those 
> matches that are on a single line. If I use re.match(pattern, string, 
> DOTALL) it spans multiple lines but only finds the first match.
> Any help on this one would be greatly appreciated.
> 

match only matches once you can either use a loop or use I believe findall() or
something similar.