regex query

[David Wilson]

On Fri, Jun 11, 2004 at 10:48:14PM +0530, km wrote:

> how do i include variable as a part of the regex string ? - i mean
> variable interpolation. like : 

> import re
> str = "abc"
> p = re.compile('str')  # defeats the purpose - literal string 'str'

Do you mean something like:

    literal = raw_input('Arbitrary string: ')
    regex = re.compile('someregex' + re.escape(literal) + 'moreregex')


David.

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