reg exp help

[JRCondon]

No need for regex here; you can do this with strings:

>>> text = '5EHello'
>>> def lengthCheckedString(text):
        from string import split
	stext = split(text,'E',1)
	if int(stext[0]) == len(stext[1]):
		return stext[1]
	else:
		return None
	
>>> lengthCheckedString(text)
'Hello'

But, if you want to use a regex:
>>> def lengthCheckedStringRE(text):
        import re
	m = re.match('(?P<txtlen>\d+)E(?P<txt>.*$)',text)
	txt = m.group('txt')
	if int(m.group('txtlen')) == len(txt):
		return txt
	else:
		return None

>>> lengthCheckedStringRE(text)
'Hello'

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